The Secret History of Balls: The Stories Behind the Things We Love to Catch, Whack, Throw, Kick, Bounce and Bat

by Josh Chetwynd

Book Overview

You may fancy yourself a sports fan, but chances are you don't know: A fish eyeball was used as the center of some nineteenth-century baseballs The race to make better billiard balls led to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399536744
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Perigee Trade
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.1" x 0.6" x 4.7"