Ripley's Believe It or Not! Baseball Oddities & Trivia [Paperback]

Tim O'Brien (Author), John Graziano (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Ripley Entertainment (January 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893951294
• ISBN-13: 978-1893951297
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,325,903 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting!, December 30, 2008

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Loyd E. Eskildson "Pragmatist" (Phoenix, AZ.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ripley's Believe It or Not! Baseball Oddities & Trivia (Paperback)

The first interesting fact contained in "Ripley's Believe It or Not! Baseball Oddities and Trivia" is that THE Robert Ripley actually was a big-league player - for the N.Y. Giants in 1914. Unfortunately, he broke his pitching arm during his debut, and it was back to the N.Y. Globe as a full-time sports illustrator. Three of my other favorites are:

1)It takes a baseball traveling 89.9 mph only 400 milliseconds to reach home plate!

2)The smallest strike zone ever was only 1.5 inches when a 3'7" midget made an official appearance as a pinch hitter for the St. Louis Browns on August 19,1951. He walked on four straight pitches and was paid $100.

3)The longest home run was hit by Lou Gehrig on April 3, 1929 - over 600' from home plate.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A hundred pages of interesting and intriguing facts, May 7, 2008

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ripley's Believe It or Not! Baseball Oddities & Trivia (Paperback)

A baseball hit 400 feet has twice the destructive energy as a bullet fired from a .8 calibur pistol. That, and other strange and unusual facts can be found in "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: Baseball Oddities & Trivia: A Journey Through the Weird, Wacky, and Absolutely True World of Baseball". Packed cover to cover with charming drawings by John Granziano, "Ripley's Believe It or Not: Baseball Oddities & Trivia: A Journey Through the Weird, Wacky, and Absolutely True World of Baseball" is over a hundred pages of interesting and intriguing facts and notes of interest. Highly recommended for baseball fans or anyone who just likes weird, bizarre information - it also should be considered as a lighter edition to any community library collection focuses on sports or baseball.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Technical Critique, April 20, 2008

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Joseph Layton - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ripley's Believe It or Not! Baseball Oddities & Trivia (Paperback)

I enjoy reading baseball trivia. However, found four errors in this book and e-mailed the publisher. The publisher responded and said these would be corrected in the next edition.