Banana Bats & Ding-Dong Balls: A Century of Unique Baseball Inventions

Banana Bats & Ding-Dong Balls: A Century of Unique Baseball Inventions

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Since the game's origins, people have always tried to improve baseball and its equipment. All the baseball inventions of the last hundred years -- the ones that made it and many that didn't -- are here in one entertaining volume. From mechanical umpires and bases that ring when the runner touches them to semi-automatic fungo bats, all are described in humorous prose and many are illustrated with U.S. Patent Office drawings and photos.

Banana Bats & Ding-Dong Balls: A Century of Unique Baseball Inventions,Dan Gutman,Macmillan General Reference,0020140053,Anecdotes,Baseball,Baseball - General,Equipment and supplies,Humor,Sports & Recreation,United States

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