Finding the hidden-ball trick : the colorful history of baseball's oldest ruse /
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- What is the Hidden-Ball Trick?
- History of the Trick
- Masters of the Trick and Their Victims. 1876-89: The Early Tricks
- 1890-99: Gaiety in the '90s
- 1900-09: Coughlin Corner Tricks
- 1910-19: Ban Tries to Ban It
- 1920-29: A Decade Dominated by Babe Who?
- 1930-39: The Crow Flies High
- 1940-49: Pesky Holding the Ball
- 1950-59: Step off the Base a Minute, Will Ya?
- 1960-69: Stick Was Slick
- 1970-79: Elementary, My Dear Watson
- 1980-89: Happy Birthday, Kid!
- 1990-99: Master Matt
- 2000-Present: A Dying Art?
- Tricks Gone Awry
- Unsubstantiated Possibilities
- Odds and Ends
- Chronological Listing.