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Longtime sportswriter and baseball fan Stan Fischler goes beyond the generic sports tale, recounting the funniest, most incredible stories from throughout the Great American Pastime's long history. Covering teams from across the league, Fischler details the following feats, and 95 more:
•Joe DiMaggio committed a case of outfield robbery against Hank Greenberg
•A spectator made a pitching change for the Dodgers
•Reggie Jackson earned the nickname “Mister October"
•One-armed Pete Gray plays center field for the St. Louis Browns
•Don Larsen pitched a perfect game against the Dodgers in the World Series
•Gregg Maddux won the Cy Young Award four times in a row
So get ready to take the field with some of baseball's greatest—and most hilarious—players and coaches alike!
Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.
Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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