Baseball's Most Bizarre Plays: A Roster of the Odd, the Improbable and the Downright Confounding in Major League History

Baseball has produced some notably strange plays--like Randy Johnson's fastball dismantling a bird--yet there have been many that defy belief. Beginning with Todd Frazier tricking umpires into calling an out with a rubber ball and culminating in Al "The Mad Hungarian" Hrabosky pitching into a scrum of two batters and a manager at home plate, this book describes the 150 most bizarre plays in the history of the game. Baserunners going in the wrong direction, outfielders kicking the ball, three runners meeting at one base, two balls in play, players ejected for dancing and many other anomalies are presented with detailed commentary.

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Baseball's Most Bizarre Plays: A Roster of the Odd, the Improbable and the Downright Confounding in Major League History

Baseball has produced some notably strange plays--like Randy Johnson's fastball dismantling a bird--yet there have been many that defy belief. Beginning with Todd Frazier tricking umpires into calling an out with a rubber ball and culminating in Al "The Mad Hungarian" Hrabosky pitching into a scrum of two batters and a manager at home plate, this book describes the 150 most bizarre plays in the history of the game. Baserunners going in the wrong direction, outfielders kicking the ball, three runners meeting at one base, two balls in play, players ejected for dancing and many other anomalies are presented with detailed commentary.

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Baseball's Most Bizarre Plays: A Roster of the Odd, the Improbable and the Downright Confounding in Major League History

Baseball's Most Bizarre Plays: A Roster of the Odd, the Improbable and the Downright Confounding in Major League History

by Alan Hirsch
Baseball's Most Bizarre Plays: A Roster of the Odd, the Improbable and the Downright Confounding in Major League History

Baseball's Most Bizarre Plays: A Roster of the Odd, the Improbable and the Downright Confounding in Major League History

by Alan Hirsch

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Overview

Baseball has produced some notably strange plays--like Randy Johnson's fastball dismantling a bird--yet there have been many that defy belief. Beginning with Todd Frazier tricking umpires into calling an out with a rubber ball and culminating in Al "The Mad Hungarian" Hrabosky pitching into a scrum of two batters and a manager at home plate, this book describes the 150 most bizarre plays in the history of the game. Baserunners going in the wrong direction, outfielders kicking the ball, three runners meeting at one base, two balls in play, players ejected for dancing and many other anomalies are presented with detailed commentary.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781476687070
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 12/06/2021
Pages: 199
Sales rank: 1,096,355
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Alan Hirsch, chair of the Justice and Law Studies program at Williams College, has written numerous books and been published in The Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, Newsday and Village Voice, among many others. He lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments deletevi
Preface
The Plays
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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