{"product_id":"the-battle-of-base-ball-c-h-claudy-9780786420209","title":"The Battle of Base-Ball","description":"\u003cp\u003e C.H. Claudy might have trouble finding a publisher for his \u003ci\u003eBattle of Base-ball\u003c\/i\u003e today. His yoking of baseball to warfare--accounts of ways to \"cripple the enemy\" and descriptions of managers as \"battlefield generals\"--to teach the young and inexperienced about the game would not likely be applauded in the age of political correctness. But as Claudy says in his preface, \"The points of similarity are actual, not imagined,\" and he spends most of the book, meant to be both instructional and historical, demonstrating his assertion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Originally published in 1912, this work consists of chapters on batting, running, offensive game planning, the pitcher-catcher battery, fielding, defensive strategy, umpiring, drills (titled \"Battlefield and Arms\"), major league regulations, and A.G. Spalding's organizational rules. Christy Mathewson's \"How I Became a Big-League Pitcher\" is also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. H. Claudy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786420200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786420209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 6.12w x 0.59d","brand":"C. H. Claudy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096717435135,"sku":"9780786420209","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-battle-of-base-ball-c-h-claudy-9780786420209","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}