The Baseball Hall of Shame 4

by Bruce Nash

Book Overview

The Baseball Hall of Shame 4 contains more than 100 absurd, offbeat and hysterically funny stories proving that on the playing field and in the ballpark, truth is indeed stranger than fiction. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671691724
• ISBN13: 9780671691721
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Booboos, foibles, pranks and superstitions

There can't be too many books about baseball players, in my opinion. This one tells almost unbelievable tales about some of the biggest clowns in baseball, including Charlie Grimm and Casey Stengel--Casey caught a ball once although he was invisible. And do you know why Babe Ruth would never lend one of his bats to a teammate? Or what made the Mad Russian (Lou Novikoff) a great hitter? Or...or...or...?