Spitting on Diamonds: A Spitball Pitcher's Journey to the Major Leagues, 1911-1919

by Clyde H. Hogg

"Spitball n., an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before it is thrown.""Dead ball era n., a time period during baseball, usually... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826215696
• ISBN13: 9780826215697
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5