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Power Ball; Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game
by Rob Neyer
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0062853619
- ISBN 13
- 9780062853615
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2018 HarperCollins Publishers, New York. 2018. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for remainder mark on the text block bottom. Book Condition: New, with scant bumping to head and tail. DJ: New; NOT Price Clipped ($27.99); light bumping to head and tail. Black boards with red overlay on the spine with bright white lettering on the spine. 300 pp 8vo. As baseball evolved from Billy Beane, the Oakland A's, and Moneyball; here came PowerBall. The author examines the Oakland A's and the Houston Astros in a 2017 game to give his take on what has become the modern game of baseball. As he chronicles each inning of the game, he tells of the dramatic changes that occurred in baseball that have helped it to evolve and is studied today. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009793
- Title
- Power Ball; Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game
- Author
- Rob Neyer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0062853619
- ISBN 13
- 9780062853615
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2018
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- baseball, major league baseball, baseball statistics, MoneyBall, PowerBall, home runs, power hitting, juiced up baseballs, baseball pitchers, power pitchers, baseball rules, baseball nuances, super computers, baseball draft, diversity and baseball, racism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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