Hoosier Hitmen: Indiana University Baseball (IN) (Images of Baseball) [Paperback]

Pete Diprimio (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 27, 2003

For nearly 140 years, Indiana University baseball has thrived on the unexpected. For instance: Coach Bob Morgan missed his Gatorade bath, but not his 1,000th career victory. Mike Smith rocked college pitching to win the first Triple Crown in NCAA Division I history. An ill-fated shower cost the Hoosiers a 1949 run at NCAA tourney success. Bob Lawrence made more with his 1958 pro baseball signing bonus ($50,000) than 1950s superstar slugger Ted Kluszewski ever made in a season ($40,000). Mike Crotty came to the plate looking like a middle aged man-until blasting future major league star Matt Anderson's first pitch off the scoreboard for IU's most memorable post-season home run. Bob Lawrence could have begun his head-coaching career with any patsy in the country; instead, he chose top-ranked Miami of Florida.

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About the Author

Pete DiPrimio, an award-winning sports writer for the Evansville Courier, Inside Indiana and now the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, has covered Hoosier athletics since the late 1980s. He is also the author of The Hoosier Handbook, a history of Indiana basketball. Join him on a journey that highlights the thrills and spills, triumphs and disappointments surrounding the university's oldest athletic program.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (October 27, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738531960
• ISBN-13: 978-0738531960
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,835,961 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)