How did National League officials insure the authenticity of Mark McGwire's home run balls as he passed the 50 homer mark during the 1998 season? Under what unusual circumstances did Ken Griffey, Jr., sign a football? When is a record not really a record? Baseball is filled with hundreds of zany stories-- and the funniest and most unusual ones unfold in this collection. Did you know that:
* Dave Kingman played for four teams in one season?
* Hall of Fame shortstop Luke Appling once ended up with a coffeepot when he was diving for a baseball?
* Glen Hubbard is pictured with a nine-foot python draped around his neck and shoulders on his 1984 Fleer baseball card?These and other strange and extraordinary facts about the classic teams and the greatest players await you.
- ISBN10 0613754719
- ISBN13 9780613754712
- Publish Date 1 December 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 April 2021
- Imprint Turtleback Books
- Edition Turtleback School & Library ed.
- Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
- Language English