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STRANGE BUT TRUE THE WEIRD HISTORY OF BASEBALL: Bizarre Ballgames, Legendary Pranks, Stadium Disasters, Cheating Scandals, and America’s Extremely ... Bat and a Ball (SparkTrail Strange But True) - Softcover
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America’s pastime has a very strange past.
You know the crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd, and the seventh-inning stretch. But what about the pranks, scandals, disastrous afternoons, and spectacularly bad ideas hiding behind all that wholesome baseball nostalgia?
STRANGE BUT TRUE: THE WEIRD HISTORY OF BASEBALL takes you beyond the box scores and into the wonderfully unruly side of the game. Explore bizarre ballgames, legendary practical jokes, cheating controversies, and stadium disasters that reveal just how complicated things can get when you give people a bat, a ball, and something to argue about.
How far will someone go to win? When does a prank stop being funny? And how did a game with such a simple premise develop so many ways to cause a commotion?
This book explores baseball’s peculiar history without turning it into a dry parade of statistics. The humor sits alongside the serious consequences, because some stories deserve a laugh and others deserve a closer look.
Whether you’re a lifelong fan, a collector of unusual history, or someone who enjoys a good story more than a batting average, there’s plenty here to keep you turning pages.
Step up to the plate. The respectable version of baseball has had plenty of innings.
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