Baseball Hall of Shame (Paperback)

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From Publishers Weekly

Following the Baseball Hall of Shame 1 by a year, this collection of anecdotes includes such embarrassments as Johnny Bench taking a third strike in the 1972 World Series when he had been expecting an intentional walk and Ron LeFlore being picked off second while reading the electronic scoreboard. Other chapters focus on forgotten players (Bill Pettit, the $100,000 bonus baby who won one game for the Pirates), Hall of Famers (Stan Musial losing a ball in the sun and getting hit in the head by it); owners, umpires and even fans (the Kessler brothers forcing the Philadelphia Athletics to trade Jimmy Dykes, who was taunted from the stands so constantly he couldn't play). This book makes the hard-core baseball fan ever more eager for spring.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Description

THE HALLOWED HALL OF HITLESS WONDERS! THE IMMORTAL SHRINE OF SORE-LOSERS, CHEAP-SKATE OWNERS, AND ROWDY FANS!

Everyone knows about baseball's greatest hitters and fielders, about the iron men of the game. But, for the first time, here are baseball's loveable losers, the immortal boneheads of the game. Thousands of fans, players, broadcasters and sportswriters have contributed anecdotes about the flakes, the buffoons and all-around crummy guys who make baseball America's national sport. Here are:

The St. Louis Browns and the Chicago White Stockings committing 102 errors in a World Series

Norm Cash swinging his way to a batting title with an illegal bat

Ross "Skuz" Grimsley, who went weeks without changing his sweatshirt

N.Y. Giant owner Andrew Freedman, beating up other owners, umpires, fans -- even his own players!

And many more, including Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Whitey Ford, Joe Medwick, and of course, the famous traitor Walter O'Malley!

The worst plays! The dumbest trades! The most outrageous defeats! They're all enshrined in...The Baseball Hall Of Shame!™

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Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: Pocket (March 15, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671687662
• ISBN-13: 978-0671687663
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,295,480 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best and funiest baseball bok I've ever read!!!, July 16, 1999

By A Customer

Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo have taken hundreds of the dumbest plays and players in the history of baseball and put them in one book.There are many things I've told baseball trivia buffs that I read that they never knew.The wording in the book is so funny that I laughed till I cried!If you need a laugh or want stump any trivia buff,read The Baseball Hall of SHAME.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some Hillarious Tales!, October 13, 2000

By	G. J Wiener (Westchester, NY USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Baseball Hall of Shame 2 (Paperback)

This is an easy fun to read book detailing some of the lighter moments in baseball. The stories about the worst teams of all time and the overly obese legends who graced and shadowed the game really stand out. Also these story about Zeke Bonarus's wacky fielding exploits are pretty hillarious. This is definitely abook that will amuse young and old time and time again.