Finding the hidden-ball trick : the colorful history of baseball's oldest ruse /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Deane, Bill (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.