Baseball's Most Bizarre Plays: A Roster of the Odd, the Improbable and the Downright Confounding in Major League History

Baseball has produced some notably strange plays--like Randy Johnson's fastball dismantling a bird--yet there have been many that defy belief. Beginning with Todd Frazier tricking umpires into calling an out with a rubber ball and culminating in Al "The Mad Hungarian" Hrabosky pitching into a scrum of two batters and a manager at home plate, this book describes the 150 most bizarre plays in the history of the game. Baserunners going in the wrong direction, outfielders kicking the ball, three runners meeting at one base, two balls in play, players ejected for dancing and many other anomalies are presented with detailed commentary.

Author: Alan Hirsch
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 11/22/2021
Pages: 199
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781476687070
ISBN10: 1476687072
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Baseball | History

About the Author
Alan Hirsch, chair of the Justice and Law Studies program at Williams College, has written numerous books and been published in The Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, Newsday and Village Voice, among many others. He lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.