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Center Field on Fire: An Umpire's Life with Pine Tar Bats, Spitballs, and...
by Rains, Rob; Phillips, Dave | HC | Good
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 1572435690
- Book Title
- Center Field on Fire
- Publisher
- Triumph Books
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- Baseball / General, Sports
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Product Information
As entertaining as a Lou Piniella tantrum and as juicy as a Gaylord Perry spitball, Center Field on Fire chronicles the remarkable 32-year career of major league umpire Dave Phillips, as written with veteran sportswriter Rob Rains. Phillips walked out of the umpires' dressing room ready to start the second game of a doubleheader at Chicago's Comiskey Park on July 12, 1979, only to witness center field on fire. Disco Demolition Night--a promotion created by White Sox owner Bill Veeck--had resulted in the outfield literally going up in smoke as thousands of disco records were burned between the two games of the doubleheader. That night was only one of the many episodes experienced by Phillips, who was also behind the plate during the notorious George Brett pine tar bat incident. Phillips describes how he once challenged Billy Martin to a fight, why he ejected Gaylord Perry for throwing a spitball, and how confiscating Albert Belle's corked bat led to a robbery and a scandal. In a book filled with humorous anecdotes, Phillips also offers his opinions about some of the most controversial personalities in baseball, including commissioner Bud Selig, all-time hits leader Pete Rose, and former umpires union president Richie Phillips. Dave Phillips worked four World Series, six League Championship Series, and three Division Series, making Center Field on Fire a book no baseball fan will want to miss.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Triumph Books
ISBN-10
1572435690
ISBN-13
9781572435698
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6070919
Product Key Features
Book Title
Center Field on Fire
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Baseball / General, Sports
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
22
Lccn
2003-068742
Target Audience
Trade
LeafCats
378
Dewey Decimal
796.357/092 B
Lc Classification Number
Gv865.P49a3 2004
Copyright Date
2003
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This book was marked as 'Very Good Condition', but has lots of messy underlining and scribbling in the first 61 pages. If this had been mentioned I would have purchased a different copy.
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