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Baseball's most wanted : the top 10 book of the national pastime's outrageous offenders, lucky bounces, and other oddities / Floyd Conner

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Conner, Floyd, 1951-
Published
Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2002]
Copyright Date
©2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 389 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Cover; Contents; Introduction; On the Dotted Line: Baseball's most unusual contracts; Memorable Memorabilia: A gallery of costly collectibles; The Naturals: The Hollywood connection; Running for Office: Politics and baseball do mix; Out of Their League: Ballplayers who excelled in other sports; Playing the Field: Diamond Don Juans; The Fair Sex: Women who have left their mark on the game; Clothes Encounters: Less than uniform apparel; Smarter than the Average Berra: Players with brain and brawn; Stengelese and Other Tongues: Languages spoken only in ballparks, Notable Nicknames: A roster of intriguing monickersHot Dogs: Baseball's biggest show-offs; Worst Practical Jokers: The sport's most notorious pranksters; Flakes: They marched to their own drummers; The Bullpen: Oddballs in the bullpen; Curses: Baseball's twilight zone; Lucky Bounces: They'd rather be lucky than good; The Meat of the Order: They were what they ate; Fat Tubs of Goo: Baseball's heavy hitters; Graybeards: The oldest players on record; Playing Young: Ten teenagers who played the game; Minor League Phenoms: Major stars of the minors, False Promise: Sometimes first impressions aren't the bestOne Game Wonders: Kings for a day; One Year Wonders: They had their summer in the sun; Going Batty: Their bats were hits; Having a Ball: Sandpaper, spitters, and shineballs; Records that Aren't Meant to Be Broken: The least known unbreakable records; The Mendoza Line: The worst hitters of all time; Sultans of Swish: Three strikes, you're out; The Worst Pitching Performances of All Time: The most horrendous shellings in baseball history; I'm a Loser: Some pitchers can't win; Gopher Balls: Pitchers who gave up their share of homers, Wild Things: Moundsmen who were out of controlHead Hunters: They pitched high and tight; Beaned in Boston: Baseball's marked men; Error of Their Ways: Games slipped through their fingers; Mismanagement: The least successful managers; Travelin' Men: Have suitcase, will travel; Baseball's Worst Trades: Baseball's biggest steals; Baseball's Weirdest Trades: Some of baseball's strangest swaps; Outrageous Owners: Notable and notorious owners; Worst Promotions: Ten promotions that backfired; It's All in the Game: Anything can happen at a baseball game, and Baseball's Most Embarrassing Moments: Moments they'd rather forgetUnlikely World Series Heroes: Unexpected Mr. Octobers; Goats: Baseball's most infamous blunders; Spoilers and Nemeses: Yankee killers and other spoilers; What Might Have Been: Promising careers cut short; Blackballed: African American stars prior to Jackie Robinson; Racism in Baseball: The dark side of the national pastime; Kill the Umpire: Umpires who were attacked on the field; Media Blitz: Strained relations between players and the press; Fanatics: When fans become fanatics
Summary
Edd Roush was once ejected from a game for falling asleep in the outfield. Dan Friend played left field while dressed in a bathrobe. Outfielder Len Koenecke was killed attempting history's first skyjacking. Pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich swapped not only their wives but also their children, station wagons, and pets. Baseball history is brimming with the weird, the bizarre, and the hard to believe. Baseball's Most WantedTM chronicles 700 of the most outlandish players, managers, and owners throughout baseball history. Its seventy lists describe in humorous detail baseball's top-ten inep.
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ISBN
9781612340357 (electronic bk.)
1612340350 (electronic bk.)
1574882295
9781574882292
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-375) and index.
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