Baseball on the Brain
Language: English
Published by Workman Publishing Company, 2007
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Publisher: Workman Publishing, New York, 2007.First Softcover Edition, First Printing. FINE in illustrated/pictorial wraps, as issued. Not remainder marked. Not book club edition. Not ex-library.
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- Title
- Baseball on the Brain
- Author
- Purdy, Dennis
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- As New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0761140344
- ISBN 13
- 9780761140344
- Item weight
- 24 ounces
Dennis Purdy, author of the just-published Team-by-Team Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball, has been collecting baseball trivia since before he could shave, and now presents the best of the best: a massive collection of over 1,000 trivia games. Not solo questions, but half-page games, every one involving matching multiple players to their accomplishments, or evaluating multiple clues to discover a mystery subject's identity, or digging deep into a round-up of terms, nicknames, phrases, awards, events, individual teams, locations, and more. The games cover three centuries of baseball history. Home run calls and the announcers who made them famous. The peculiar geography of a baseball field— where's the garden? the gateway? the firing line? Inimitable slang: cackler, chucker, clinker, and squibber. The lesser-known career feats of baseball's “Big 3,” Ruth, Aaron, and Bonds. World Series potpourri—They won the first night game in World Series history. . . . The team that lost the most World Series—13 . . . The only American League team to lose the World Series in three consecutive seasons . . . And much, much, much more.
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But it's knowledge dressed up as trivia, in 1,003 challenges—not solo questions, but half-page games, every one involving matching multiple players to their accomplishments, or evaluating clues to discover a mystery subject or identity, or digging into the history.
Each game, each question is designed to make you feel inordinately smart if you know the answer, and if you don't, give you "Aha!" moments of edification. Batter up!
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