Level playing fields : how the groundskeeping Murphy brothers shaped baseball
Most baseball fans want to hear about stellar players and spectacular plays, statistics and storied franchises. Level Playing Fields sheds light on an usually unnoticed facet of the game, introducing fans and historians alike to the real fundamentals of baseball: dirt and grass. In this lively history, Peter Morris demonstrates that many of the game's rules and customs actually arose a concessions to the daunting practical difficulties of creating a baseball diamond
Print Book, English, ©2007
University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, ©2007