Young sports nuts with a penchant for the bizarre will relish the seemingly tall tales of baseball players. For the discerning baseball aficionado, there is no greater treasure than this exquisite leatherbound set from the easton press baseball hall of fame library. When they are not slugging 6drink homers or getting lefty hits, many of our rbi legends are out doing all sorts of ill shit. Just the time that goes into it made it not worth it for me. Its also a way for fans across the country to pay a lighthearted tribute to the national. We want the baseball hall of shame to be the fans shrine.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of their original baseball hall of shame book, nash and zullo have added the last twenty years of shameful baseball stories to some of the classic tales from volumes 14. Click to read more about the baseball hall of shames warped record book by bruce nash. The hall of fame library has bound editions of many popular baseball periodicals, as well as many that focus on sports in general. A negro leagues allstars game called the eastwest game drew a bigger crowd than the major league allstar game and got major league owners thinking a little more seriously about. So i was excited to see this new volume come out, the first one in over twenty years, just to see what new stories they added. Sports illustrated, sport, baseball america, baseball weekly, baseball digest, the new york clipper, and the sporting news are just a sample of the titles contained in the librarys collection. With 945 singles, wright is 105 shy of kranepools franchise record. I think those numbers should be expunged from the record books. The baseball hall of shames warped record book by bruce. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers all about the baseball hall of shames warped record book by bruce nash. Mar 06, 2014 hall of shame is good but you should use it to post such funny rants or guys who pm you after battle to keep insulting or other creative insults. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. The baseball hall of shames most outrageous moments of all time.
Bruce nash has 71 books on goodreads with 811 ratings. Mets recordbreaking wildcard tickets put yankees to shame. Buy the baseball hall of shameas warped record book book online at best prices in india on. Sep, 1993 the mets, of course, havent been too good in their pursuit of success. Books by bruce nash author of the baseball hall of shame. A cip catalogue record of this book is available from the u. From 1985 to 1992, the baseball hall of shame series chronicled more than 100 years of baseball goofs and gaffes, selling more than 700,000 copies. Filled with more than 200 stories and packed with photos. But get them chasing an oddity a nohitter, 100 defeats, a finish behind an expansion club, a record for failing to win. In the baseball hall of shames warped record book, authors bruce nash and allan zullo retell cobbs confrontation. Bruce nash and allan zullo have created an absolutely hilarious compendium of the dumbest aspects of baseball, everything from dumb trades to dumb players to dumb plays, this book has it all. Such a book is the justpublished gem, the baseball hall of shames warped record book. Now, the authors of the most offbeat baseball books ever written are back, featuring their looniest lineup of classic stories and inducting their first new class of hall of shamers in twenty years. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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In 2009, though, rodriguez admitted to using steroids between 2001 and 2003. Now nash and zullo are writing their newest, biggest and funniest book yet. Batting record team leaders in red player g ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb sb cs so bb hbp sac sf obp slg avg john gibbons 8 19 4 9 4 0 1 1 16 0 0 5 3 0 0 0. His comments on uk television were especially interesting.
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