James D. Szalontai

Small Ball in the Big Leagues

A History of Stealing, Bunting, Walking and Otherwise Scratching for Runs

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The typical baseball fan yearns for one of two things: a strikeout or a home run. But most of the game takes place in between these electrifying moments, and this book discusses the importance of "small ball" to baseball. It examines the multitude of times small ball activities have secured victories through aggressive base running, sacrifice hits, squeeze bunts, stolen bases, productive outs and hit-and-run plays, as well as games in which aggressive small ball activity led to defeat. The book covers the most important small ball players, managers and teams.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780786437931
• ISBN-10: 0786437936
• Artikelnr.: 29027060

Autorenporträt

Writer and researcher James D. Szalontai is the author of books about pitcher Sal Maglie, and baseball and World War II. He is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and lives in North Port, Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface     
1. The Nineteenth Century     
2. The Deadball Era     
3. The Decline of Small Ball: 1920-1961     
4. The Resurgence of Small Ball: 1962-2009     
Appendix A: Stolen Base and Sacrifice Hit Totals
(Per League, Per Season, 1886-2009)     
Appendix B: Teams That Have Led Their League
(Stolen Bases and Sacrifice Hits in a Season)     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index