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The Funniest Baseball Book Ever - The National Pastime's Greatest Quips Quotations Characters Nicknames and Pranks - cover

The Funniest Baseball Book Ever - The National Pastime's Greatest Quips Quotations Characters Nicknames and Pranks

Peter Handrinos

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC

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Summary

A treasury of witty quotes and wild stories covering decades of baseball history. 
 
Baseball is a funny game. No other sport can compare to the national pastime’s vast catalog of silly quotations, unforgettable characters, memorable nicknames, and inventive pranks. 
 
Alphabetized by topic, The Funniest Baseball Book Ever captures the game in all its humorous glory. It’s simply the most complete, contemporary resource for over a century of the sport’s history. Also included are short profiles of such colorful characters as Casey Stengel, Bill Veeck, Jim Bouton, and Bill Lee. With over ninty percent of its material never before collected in a single volume, The Funniest Baseball Book Ever will entertain and surprise everyone from casual fans to diehards, from newcomers to veterans.
Available since: 04/06/2010.
Print length: 354 pages.

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