{"product_id":"intentional-balk-daniel-levitt-9798985263268","title":"Intentional Balk: Baseball's Thin Line Between Innovation and Cheating","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment of its inception, the quintessentially American sport of baseball has included cheating. Sometimes that rule-skirting is embraced as ingenious hijinks; other times, reviled as an unforgivable trespass. But what exactly is the difference? Why is skipping bases less egregious than signing underage players? Is sign-stealing evidence of ingenuity, or does it fundamentally change the nature of the game?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIntentional Balk\u003c\/i\u003e, nationally-recognized baseball historians Dan Levitt and Mark Armour examine cheating in baseball as the pursuit of a competitive edge that in other endeavors might be heralded as innovation. Wherever you come down on the question, \u003ci\u003eIntentional Balk\u003c\/i\u003e offers an engrossing chronicle of America's pastime and the players, coaches, groundskeepers and management who for more than 150 years have sought any advantage to win at all costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Levitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8985263269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798985263268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clyde Hill Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.58d","brand":"Daniel Levitt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076147802367,"sku":"9798985263268","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_402162e5-9c16-4613-badc-3fecaf95d372.jpg?v=1685463448","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/intentional-balk-daniel-levitt-9798985263268","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}