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Category : Baseball
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
A Manual of Cricket and Baseball
Author: Chadwick's base ball manual
Author: Henry ChadwickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Chadwick's Base Ball Manual. Containing the New Rules of Base Ball, Etc
Author: Henry CHADWICK (Writer on Baseball.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Baseball
Author: Francis GladstonePublisher: Kingswood Books
ISBN: 9780434980680
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The Manual of Cricket
Author: Alexander D. PatersonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Right Off the Bat
Author: Evander Lomke & Martin RowePublisher: Paul Dry Books
ISBN: 1589882539
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"Looking over the legends and stars of both sports, explaining the rules, complete with glossary, Right Off the Bat is a fine assortment of knowledge, very much recommended for any curious sports fan."—Midwest Book Review It's been said that baseball and cricket are two sports divided by a common language. Both employ bats, balls, innings, and umpires. Fans of both steep themselves in statistics, revel in nostalgia, and toss around baffling jargon. In Right Off the Bat, baseball nut Evander Lomke and cricket buff Martin Rowe explain "their" sport—and their love of it—to the other sport's fans. You'll come away finding yourself as fascinated by legbreaks and inswingers as you are by knuckleballs and sliders (or vice versa). Are you a dyed-in-the-wool baseball fan who nevertheless harbors a nagging doubt as to whether Babe Ruth was, in fact, the greatest athlete ever to swing a bat? When you think of cricket, is what comes to mind stuffy Victorians standing around in a field, twirling their mustaches and saying silly things like "Howzat" or "googly"? Or are you a staunch cricket fan who sometimes wonders whether a screwball is really as difficult to execute as a doosra? Do you ask yourself where the thrill is in watching a ball sail 400 feet over a wall and just past the outstretched fingers of a fielder wearing a glove (and all for a paltry one run)? Well, step right up and take a seat—you've got a lot to learn (for example, the very first international cricket match was played in the United States). And Right Off the Bat is just the book for you.
How to Play Cricket. A Manual for American Cricketers
Author: George M. NewhallPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385458021
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
The Complete Guide to Baseball
Author: Dominic RandallPublisher: Independently Published
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
There is no unambiguous solution to the question of where baseball came from. Though uniquely American, baseball has its roots in a number of international ball sports. Bat-and-ball games were played in England long before baseball was even conceived of, and here is where the bat-and-ball idea comes in. Baseball is thought to have been influenced by games like rounders, stoolball, and cricket. In these games, players hit a ball with a bat and ran between bases, much like in baseball. Many people believe that the New York Knickerbockers Baseball Club, which was established in 1845, played baseball before any other teams. The Knickerbockers were instrumental in developing the game and establishing many of its early regulations. The Knickerbockers and a group of cricket players played the first game of baseball played according to contemporary rules in 1846. The bases were set up in a diamond formation in Hoboken, New Jersey, and each team had nine players. This contest laid the groundwork for contemporary baseball.
Swinging Away
Author: Beth HisePublisher:
ISBN: 9781857596441
Category : Baseball
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book explores these two great bat and ball sports side by side, comparing their origins, equipment, rules and key moments in their histories. Along the way it reveals some remarkable surprises and helps us to understand why baseball is America's game and cricket England's summer pastime.
Right Off the Bat
Author: Evander LomkePublisher: Paul Dry Books Incorporated
ISBN: 9781589880696
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Are baseball and cricket two sports divided by a common language? Both employ bats, balls, and innings. Fans of both love statistics, revel in nostalgia, and use baffling jargon. In Right Off the Bat, baseball nut Evander Lomke and cricket buff Martin Rowe explain "their" sport to the other sport's fans?through anecdotes, diagrams, photographs, and a curve (or dipper) or two. Cricket and baseball share a parallel and occasionally intertwined history (the first international cricket match was played in the United States). Indeed, they have mirrored their countries' struggles with identity and race, and have expanded beyond the shores of their founding countries to become multinational sports commanding global followings that are, even now, challenging the future of both sports. Right off the Bat is the perfect present for fans of either sport, as well as a handy introduction to those who want to divine the deeper rhythms of play. Evander Lomke has worked in book publishing for over thirty years and is the executive director of the American Mental Health Foundation. A lifelong Yankees fan, it's only right and proper that he lives in the Bronx, New York. Martin Rowe is the co-founder of Lantern, a book publishing and media company, and author of Nicaea: A Book of Correspondences. A long-suffering supporter of the England cricket team, he lives in Brooklyn, New York.