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The thinking fan's guide to baseball / Leonard Koppett ; [foreword by Pat Gillick].
- Title
- The thinking fan's guide to baseball / Leonard Koppett ; [foreword by Pat Gillick].
- Author
- Koppett, Leonard.
- Publication
- [Wilmington, Del.] : SPORTClassic Books, c2004.
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- Description
- xix, 442 p.; 21 cm.
- Series Statement
- Hall of fame edition ; no. 3
- Uniform Title
- Hall of fame edition ; no. 3.
- Subject
- Baseball
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Hitting--the artistic science (mind over physics) -- Pitching--the scientific art -- Fielding--the art of manual labor -- Baserunning--achieving foot-to-brain coordination -- Managing--the art of worrying -- Signs and signals--the art of communication -- The bench--invisible means of support -- The designated hitter -- The umpires -- The playing field -- Behind the scenes -- The media -- The road -- Noncombatants -- Scouts -- Statistics -- Scoring -- The owners -- The players association -- The commissioner -- Agents and lawyers -- The whole ball game -- Spring training -- The post-season -- Revolutionary developments -- Where di the hitters go? -- Who was the greatest pitcher? -- Who belongs in the Hall of Fame? -- Expansion and its consequences -- The ball's the same, the bat's the same--or are they? -- The great debate: Mays or Mantle? -- Socrates in the dugout -- There's nothing new in baseball -- The evolution of the playing rules -- The windup, and the pitch.
- ISBN
- 189496330X (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2004005607
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library