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- catalog abstract ""In a small factory in Costa Rica, a worker stitches about fifty cents' worth of tanned cowhide over a tightly wound mass of string and rubber and sticks it in a box. Nine months later, that same sphere is auctioned for three million dollars. This book tells what happened in between - how that ball, now bearing secret infrared markings, found its way into an umpire's pocket, up to a pitcher's mound, off Mark McGwire's bat, into Phil Ozersky's glove, and then into Time, Newsweek, People, USA Today, Tonight with Jay Leno, and a bulletproof Plexiglas box guarded like the Hope diamond. It becomes the target of every fantasy about heroes, marketing, and money. Donald Trump gives it a press conference. The IRS threatens to tax it. One man wants to chop it up into a million pieces to be sewn into collectible dolls. Another who made zillions in comic books covets it. And at the heart of the story is the real hero, Phil Ozersky, who just wants to meet McGwire and then do a little good with the money."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11342031.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""In a small factory in Costa Rica, a worker stitches about fifty cents' worth of tanned cowhide over a tightly wound mass of string and rubber and sticks it in a box. Nine months later, that same sphere is auctioned for three million dollars. This book tells what happened in between - how that ball, now bearing secret infrared markings, found its way into an umpire's pocket, up to a pitcher's mound, off Mark McGwire's bat, into Phil Ozersky's glove, and then into Time, Newsweek, People, USA Today, Tonight with Jay Leno, and a bulletproof Plexiglas box guarded like the Hope diamond. It becomes the target of every fantasy about heroes, marketing, and money. Donald Trump gives it a press conference. The IRS threatens to tax it.".
- catalog description "1. Pregame -- 2. Infrared, White, and Blue -- 3. Let's Make a Deal -- 4. A Pretty Good Day in the Life of a Research Scientist -- 5. Opening Bids -- 6. A Still Reasonably Good but Nevertheless Troubling Day in the Life of a Research Scientist -- 7. Greater Fools and Other Theories -- 8. A Somewhat Better Day in the Life of a Research Scientist -- 9. Promises, Promises -- 10. Perhaps the Best Day of All in the Life of a Research Scientist -- 11. Postgame.".
- catalog description "One man wants to chop it up into a million pieces to be sewn into collectible dolls. Another who made zillions in comic books covets it. And at the heart of the story is the real hero, Phil Ozersky, who just wants to meet McGwire and then do a little good with the money."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 206 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Ball.".
- catalog identifier "0670887765".
- catalog isFormatOf "Ball.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Viking,".
- catalog relation "Ball.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "796.357/64/097309049 21".
- catalog subject "Baseballs United States Marketing.".
- catalog subject "GV875.2 .P35 1999".
- catalog subject "Home runs (Baseball) United States.".
- catalog subject "McGwire, Mark, 1963-".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Pregame -- 2. Infrared, White, and Blue -- 3. Let's Make a Deal -- 4. A Pretty Good Day in the Life of a Research Scientist -- 5. Opening Bids -- 6. A Still Reasonably Good but Nevertheless Troubling Day in the Life of a Research Scientist -- 7. Greater Fools and Other Theories -- 8. A Somewhat Better Day in the Life of a Research Scientist -- 9. Promises, Promises -- 10. Perhaps the Best Day of All in the Life of a Research Scientist -- 11. Postgame.".
- catalog title "The ball : Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball and the marketing of the American dream / by Dan Paisner.".
- catalog type "text".