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Through many years of research, Bill Deane has documented 260 successful hidden-ball tricks-putting the rarity of the play roughly in the class of the no-hitter. Along the way, he has collected the often-hilarious stories of these plays and the men who pulled them.
Sommario
Introduction
What is the Hidden-Ball Trick?
History of the Trick
Masters of the Trick ... and Their Victims
1876-89: The Early Tricks
1890-99: Gaiety in the '90s
1900-09: Coughlin Corner Tricks
1910-19: Ban Tries to Ban It
1920-29: A Decade Dominated by Babe Who?
1930-39: The Crow Flies High
1940-49: Pesky Holding the Ball
1950-59: Step off the Base a Minute, Will Ya?
1960-69: Stick Was Slick
1970-79: Elementary, My Dear Watson
1980-89: Happy Birthday, Kid!
1990-99: Master Matt
2000-Present: A Dying Art?
Tricks Gone Awry
Unsubstantiated Possibilities
Odds and Ends
Chronological Listing
Appendix A: Successful Executions of the Hidden Ball Trick
Appendix B: Unsubstantiated Possibilities
Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Author
Info autore
Bill Deane was Senior Research Associate at the National Baseball Hall of Fame from 1986 through 1994. He has authored six books on baseball and was managing editor of Total Baseball. Deane won the SABR-Macmillan Baseball Research Award for his book, Award Voting, and in 2003 he won the Utica-Cooperstown SABR chapter's "Cliff Kachline Award."
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Through many years of research, Bill Deane has documented 260 successful hidden-ball tricks—putting the rarity of the play roughly in the class of the no-hitter. Along the way, he has collected the often-hilarious stories of these plays and the men who pulled them.
