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Item specifics
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- Publication Name
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN
- 9780618551132
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0618551131
ISBN-13
9780618551132
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57184426
Product Key Features
Book Title
Cheater's Guide to Baseball
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Baseball / History, Baseball / Essays & Writings, Baseball / General, Sociology of Sports, Baseball / Statistics
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-033837
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
796.357
Table Of Content
Introduction: Toward a Philosophy of Cheating ix PART I CHEATING FOR BEGINNERS 1 The Underhanded but Not Illegal John McGraw and his 1890s Orioles 3 Home field advantages: Groundskeeping 14 Cracking codes and baseball's Midways: Stealing signs 29 Arguing with umps 49 Delaying the game for fun and profit 56 The exotic bird of cheating: The hidden ball trick 63 Billy Martin, a cheater's cheater 69 Heckling, fan participation, and riots 82 PA R T II THE ILLEGAL BUT CUTE 111 It's not how you swing the bat, it's what you've stuffed inside 113 Doctoring the ball 134 Gaylord Perry: Greatest cheater ever 164 PA R T III THROWN OFF THE VARSITY TEAM 169 Gambling and game-fixing: The good old days 171 The worst thing ever to happen to baseball: The Black Sox scandal 182 Pete Rose: The only undeterred gambler 206 Steroids: Blame enough to go around 214 PART IV CHEATING OUR WAY INTO THE SUNSET 241 Acknowledgments 245 Notes 247 Index 254
Synopsis
Since its inception, it seems that baseball's rules were made to be broken. In this lively tour through baseball's underhanded history, readers will learn how to cork a bat, steal signs, hurl a spitball, throw a World Series, and win at any cost., Ever see Mike Piazza block the plate? Or Derek Jeter slide hard into second? Illegal. But it happens every game. Baseball's rules, it seems, were made to be broken. And they are, by the players, the front office, and even sometimes the fans. Like it or not, cheating has been an integral part of America's favorite pastime since its inception. The Cheater's Guide to Baseball will show you how cheating is really done. In this lively tour through baseball's underhanded history, readers will learn how to cork a bat, steal signs, hurl a spitball, throw a World Series, and win at any cost! They'll also see the dirty little secrets of the game's greatest manipulators: John McGraw and Ty Cobb; Billy Martin and Gaylord Perry; Graig Nettles and Sammy Sosa; and, yes, even Barry Bonds. They'll find out how the Cleveland Indians doctored their basepaths to give new meaning to the term home field advantage. They'll delight in a hilarious examination of the Black Sox scandal, baseball's original sin. And, in the end, they'll come to understand that cheating is as much a part of baseball as pine tar and pinch hitters. And it's here to stay.
LC Classification Number
GV863.A1Z86 2007
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