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- catalog abstract ""Allen Barra is back with Brushbacks and Knockdowns, his newest retrospective of baseball history and folklore. Barra, whose weekly sports column, "By the Numbers," earned him millions of readers in The Wall Street Journal, offers solid answers based on research and analysis. But Barra risks inciting barroom riots with essays covering such topics as "Who was a better hitter, Babe Ruth or Barry Bonds?" "Is Barry Bonds the best player over 35 in baseball history?" "Who is the best player not in the Hall of Fame?" "Who was the most valuable team player in baseball history?" (Hint: His name rhymes with "Yogi.") "Is baseball's talent pool shrinking?" He also casts his eye at the current state of Major League Baseball in his essay "The Myth of Competitive Balance, or How Bud Selig Almost Suckered You into Ruining the Baseball Season.""--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13185427.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Allen Barra is back with Brushbacks and Knockdowns, his newest retrospective of baseball history and folklore. Barra, whose weekly sports column, "By the Numbers," earned him millions of readers in The Wall Street Journal, offers solid answers based on research and analysis.".
- catalog description "1. Sultan of Swat vs. Splendid Splinter; or If Ted Is the Greatest Hitter, Why Is Babe the Greatest Player? 1 -- 2. The Greatest Team Sports Player of the Twentieth Century; or Half This Chapter Is 90 Percent Mental 29 -- 3. Robin Roberts (and Eddie Mathews and Ernie Banks and Whitey Ford) and the All-Star Team of the 1950s; or Me Versus 200 Writers 57 -- 4. Two Guys From Chicago; or Why Ron Santo and Minnie Minoso Are the Two Best Players Not in the Hall of Fame 101 -- 5. Competitive Balance 2; or Wrath of the Con 111 -- 6. Where Have All the All-Stars Gone? 139 -- 7. Don't Blame the Yankees; or Yankees Town, Red Sox Press 205 -- 8. The Strange Case of Barry Bonds 259.".
- catalog description "But Barra risks inciting barroom riots with essays covering such topics as "Who was a better hitter, Babe Ruth or Barry Bonds?" "Is Barry Bonds the best player over 35 in baseball history?" "Who is the best player not in the Hall of Fame?" "Who was the most valuable team player in baseball history?" (Hint: His name rhymes with "Yogi.") "Is baseball's talent pool shrinking?" He also casts his eye at the current state of Major League Baseball in his essay "The Myth of Competitive Balance, or How Bud Selig Almost Suckered You into Ruining the Baseball Season.""--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 290 ;".
- catalog identifier "031232247X".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : St. Martin's Press/T. Dunne Books,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "796.357 22".
- catalog subject "Baseball United States History.".
- catalog subject "GV863.A1 B374 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Sultan of Swat vs. Splendid Splinter; or If Ted Is the Greatest Hitter, Why Is Babe the Greatest Player? 1 -- 2. The Greatest Team Sports Player of the Twentieth Century; or Half This Chapter Is 90 Percent Mental 29 -- 3. Robin Roberts (and Eddie Mathews and Ernie Banks and Whitey Ford) and the All-Star Team of the 1950s; or Me Versus 200 Writers 57 -- 4. Two Guys From Chicago; or Why Ron Santo and Minnie Minoso Are the Two Best Players Not in the Hall of Fame 101 -- 5. Competitive Balance 2; or Wrath of the Con 111 -- 6. Where Have All the All-Stars Gone? 139 -- 7. Don't Blame the Yankees; or Yankees Town, Red Sox Press 205 -- 8. The Strange Case of Barry Bonds 259.".
- catalog title "Brushbacks and knockdowns : the greatest baseball debates of two centuries / Allen Barra.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".