The Cheater's Guide to Baseball (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780618551132)

Ever see Mike Piazza block the plate? Or Derek Jeter slide hard into second? Illegal. But it happens every game. Baseball's rules, it seems, were made to be broken. And they are, by the players, the front office, and even sometimes the fans. Like it or not, cheating has been an integral part of America's favorite pastime since its inception. The Cheater's Guide to Baseball will show you how cheating is really done. In this lively tour through baseball's underhanded history, readers will learn how to cork a bat, steal signs, hurl a spitball, throw a World Series, and win at any cost!
They'll also see the dirty little secrets of the game's greatest manipulators: John McGraw and Ty Cobb; Billy Martin and Gaylord Perry; Graig Nettles and Sammy Sosa; and, yes, even Barry Bonds. They'll find out how the Cleveland Indians doctored their basepaths to give new meaning to the term home field advantage. They'll delight in a hilarious examination of the Black Sox scandal, baseball's original sin. And, in the end, they'll come to understand that cheating is as much a part of baseball as pine tar and pinch hitters. And it's here to stay.

Author: Derek Zumsteg
ISBN-10: 0618551131
ISBN-13: 9780618551132
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2007
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2007 pg. 80
Entertainment Weekly 03/23/2007 pg. 65
New York Times 04/01/2007 pg. 15