Small Ball in the Big Leagues - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Small Ball in the Big Leagues write by James D. Szalontai. This book was released on 2014-01-10. Small Ball in the Big Leagues available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The typical baseball fan yearns for one of two things: a strikeout or a home run. But most of the game takes place in between these electrifying moments, and this book discusses the importance of "small ball" to baseball. It examines the multitude of times small ball activities have secured victories through aggressive base running, sacrifice hits, squeeze bunts, stolen bases, productive outs and hit-and-run plays, as well as games in which aggressive small ball activity led to defeat. The book covers the most important small ball players, managers and teams.
Playing Hard Ball
Playing Hard Ball - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Playing Hard Ball write by E.T. Smith. This book was released on 2014-09-04. Playing Hard Ball available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. PLAYING HARD BALL is a unique sports book, a cultural comparison of two national games - cricket, English in origin and American baseball - written from the viewpoint of a top-class practitioner of both codes. Ed Smith - the young Cambridge University and Kent batsman - has spent the winters since 1998 in Spring Training with the New York Mets baseball team. It has enabled Ed to contrast and compare arguably the two most iconic of sports from the inside. In fact, baseball had a thriving following in Britain until the Great War: Derby County's former stadium was called the Baseball Ground; Tottenham Hotspur was at first a baseball club. Apart from learning two very different techniques, Ed learned that the sports' ultimate heroes, the Babe and the Don - Babe Ruth and Don Bradman - might as well have come from different planets, whilst baseball's pristine Hall of Fame in Cooperstown is a far cry from the ramshackle cricket museum at Lord's. Ed Smith's PLAYING HARD BALL draws on these intriguing comparisons to paint a two-sided portrait of sports most illustrous 'hitting games'.
Major League Baseball Players of the 1970s
Major League Baseball Players of the 1970s - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Major League Baseball Players of the 1970s write by Bill Ballew. This book was released on 2023-08-02. Major League Baseball Players of the 1970s available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the 1970s, after a decade of stagnant fan interest that seemed to signal the demise of Major League Baseball, the game saw growth and change. In 1972, the players became the first in professional sports to go on strike. Four years later, contractual changes allowed those with six years in the majors to become free agents, leading to an unprecedented increase in salaries. Developments in the play of the game included new ballparks with faster fields and artificial turf, and the introduction of the designated hitter in 1973. Eminent personalities emerged from the dugout, including many African Americans and Latinos. Focusing on the stars who debuted from 1970 through 1979, this book covers the highs and lows of more than 1,300 players who gave fans the most exciting decade baseball has ever seen.
Red Sox vs. Braves in Boston
Red Sox vs. Braves in Boston - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Red Sox vs. Braves in Boston write by Charlie Bevis. This book was released on 2017-09-22. Red Sox vs. Braves in Boston available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For 52 years, Boston was a two-team Major League city, home to both the Red Sox and the Braves. This book focuses on the two teams' period of coexistence and competition for fans. The author analyzes the Boston fan base through trends in transportation, communication, geography, population and employment. Tracing the pendulum of fan preference between the two teams over five distinct time periods, a deeper understanding emerges of why the Red Sox remained in Boston and the Braves moved to Milwaukee.
Small Ball
Small Ball - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Small Ball write by Craig Martin Barnes. This book was released on 2016-04-07. Small Ball available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nicknamed “America’s Pastime,” baseball is a favorite sport for many people. With little leagues, school teams, community recreation clubs, farm teams, and Major League Baseball, it is no wonder the game is so popular. When Craig Barnes and his friends broke a window in their neighborhood as a result of their lively game of baseball, the group of youngsters invented miniature baseball. This breakthrough version of their favorite game could be played in a smaller space and utilized a ball that wouldn’t break any windows! Small Ball: The Blessings of Miniature Baseball introduces you to the game of miniature baseball and provides you with a complete set of rules and instructions for how to play the game. Unlike traditional baseball, the unique scoring system of miniature baseball allows you to play the game with as few as two people. And with handicaps for advanced players, both young and old rookies can enjoy playing alongside those with more experience, thus mentoring and sharing the love of baseball with all generations, including those who live with handicaps.
