Short Hops & Foul Tips: 1,734 Wild and Wacky Baserball Facts by Jeffrey Lyons  (2)  $9.44

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This book will help settlle all your baseball bets! A compulsive fan's dream come true, this compendium is full of the most obscure records, coincidences, and general oddities of the great American pastime. Here are a couple of trivia warm-ups: Who is the oldest player to get a hit in the majors? (Minnie Minoso of the White Sox, at age 53.) The first man to bat on television? (The Red's Billy Werber at Ebbets Field in 1939.) The best ballplayer to come out of Prague? (The great Jim Thorpe! However, please note, Thorpe was from Prague, Oklahoma.) Out of Left Field is packed full of countless historical baseball tidbits that the devoted baseball aficionado will find truly priceless.

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Movie/theater critic Lyons, former co-host of Sneak Previews on PBS, and brother Douglas, a lawyer, grew up trying to top each other's trivia questions. What puts this book ahead of other trivia compilations is its deft organization. Chapters include hit records, highs and lows, the World Series, the Hall of Fame, and more. Young adults will especially enjoy this book, and it is recommended for school and public libraries desiring to add humorous factbooks to their collections.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   4 of 7 people found the following review helpful: Something here ain't kosher., May 6, 1998 By  wolfie@netpci.com "wolfie_and_kansas" (Toto, Guam) - See all my reviews This is another boonie dog book review from Wolfie and Kansas. While there is no canine angle to "Out of Left Field" by Jeffrey and Douglas Lyons, we have noted in prior reviews that we like to read books about humans playing fetch. On the whole, "Out of Left Field" is well above average for baseball trivia books. However, we are posting this review to show that even boonie dogs can catch an error if it is obvious enough. Lyons and Lyons assert that Al Rosen, the 1953 AL MVP, was the first Jewish MVP. Hank Greenberg once said, "When you're playing, awards don't seem like much. Then you get older and all of it becomes more precious. It is nice to be remembered." Lyons and Lyons were not nice to the memory of the Hall of Famer and war hero who won the AL MVP award in 1935 and 1940.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   0 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Out of Left Field, March 24, 2001 By A Customer This book is the best baseball stat book ever! You have to know something about the game to read it though. It was printed in 1998, so not all of the facts are true, because they have been broken.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   6 of 9 people found the following review helpful: