Baseball Brain Teasers: Major League Puzzlers
Baseball expert challenges you to make the call on recent and classic bizarre major-league plays that really happened. For example, how would you handle a ball that bounced off a fielder's head? "Enjoyable and informative for all ages. Recommended."--Book Report. "Belongs in every sports collection."--School Library Journal.\ \ \ Presents puzzling or ambiguous baseball questions derived from real events, such as "Can two pitchers be in the same team's lineup at the...
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Baseball expert, Dom Forker, challenges you to make the call on recent and classic bizarre major-league plays that really happened. For example, how would you handle a ball that bounced off a fielder’s head? “Enjoyable and informative for all ages. Recommended.”—Book Report. “Belongs in every sports collection.”—School Library Journal. School Library Journal Gr 5-9 Baseball, as one of the very few team sports without a clock, is among the slowest of games. This leaves time for statistics, anecdotes, and trivia such as this collection of odd incidents connected with the myriad of rules that control the game. Is a ball that bounces off a player's head and into the center field stands a double or a homer? Can a batter switch his hitting stance from right to left while he's at the plate? All of the strange events are based upon actual incidents, and names, time, and place are provided. Black-and-white cartoon drawings decorate the text. Good for browsing (and arguing), this type of book belongs in every sports collection. Robert Unsworth, Scarsdale Jr . High School , N.Y.
Introduction51Is That All There is to Base Running?7Who's on Third?7Second Comes First9You Can't Touch 'em All10Who Says You Can't Steal First?12Touching Base14The Runner Who Balked15Takeout for Two17The Bounce Slide18The Shortest Distance20Tail-End Play21Runner in Reverse22The Runner's Route24Who Blew the Cover?26Hit Behind a Fielder27Missing the Bag282Off the Fence29Inside-the-Park Homer29A Heads-Up Play31Eight Men on the Field32The Silent Speaker34Umpire's Judgment35Fan Interference36Pick-off or Pick-up?37The Ground-Rule Triple383Tricky Tactics39The Player-Pitcher Switch39The Sidewinder40Hitting for the Cycle41Who Is That Masked Man?42The Element of Surprise44Switch-Hitting Strikeout45The Reckless Runner46An Aggressive Mistake47Bigger Is Better48Caught with the Evidence50Double Jeopardy51It Could Have Been52Everything to Gain53The Second Squeeze544Fair is Fair55The Fair Foul55Foul's Fair575The Umpire Rules Supreme59The Four-Out Inning59Pine-Tar Plays61The Fake-Out64The Run Stealer65The Infield(?) Fly66It's Not Over Till It's Over68The Umpire Always Wins71What's the Pitch?72The Cunning Catcher74Not on My Time75Home Run Chase77Teamwork78Passed Ball, Passed Chance79The Costly Call81Inside the Lines81A Catchy Situation83The Five-Minute Forfeit84Stretching the Rules86A Hit's a Hit87Caught in the Act88The Trap-Ball Trap90Trapped Ball Call91End of Argument92Bad Timing93Batting Out of Turn946Watch Your Step as You Leave95Merkle's Boner95Heads-Down Plays97Intent Breeds Discontent98A Rookie Mistake100What's the Score?103Reverse Strategy1047Let Them Laugh105The Wayward Ball105Winfield Gets the Bird107Too Tempting to Take108"Who Said That?"109The Hip Play110Adding Insult to Injury112An Itch(y) Pitch114You Can't Do That115Throwing Behind the Runner116The Hasty Retreat118Double-Play Dynamite119The Walking Lead120Kick Ball121The Tricky Twosome122The Hidden-Ball Trick124Index126About the Author128
\ School Library JournalGr 5-9 Baseball, as one of the very few team sports without a clock, is among the slowest of games. This leaves time for statistics, anecdotes, and trivia such as this collection of odd incidents connected with the myriad of rules that control the game. Is a ball that bounces off a player's head and into the center field stands a double or a homer? Can a batter switch his hitting stance from right to left while he's at the plate? All of the strange events are based upon actual incidents, and names, time, and place are provided. Black-and-white cartoon drawings decorate the text. Good for browsing (and arguing), this type of book belongs in every sports collection. Robert Unsworth, Scarsdale Jr . High School , N.Y.\ \
