Baseball Hall of Shame™: The Best Of Blooperstown - Softcover

Bruce Nash; Allan Zullo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762778458 ISBN 13: 9780762778454

Publisher: Lyons Press, 2012

Synopsis

The classic Hall of Shame series returns from Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo in a kooky collection of all-true bloopers and outrageously funny moments from more than 100 years of baseball history that just aren't found anywhere else. It's been a generation since the last edition, and the wait was well worth it, as the authors have stored up amazing new discoveries and mind-boggling modern moments in a laugh-filled journey that reminds us, "It's okay to screw up-- look at these big-leaguers who did!"

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Welcome to zany side of the tracks!
Baseball Hall of Famers have their Cooperstown... and now Baseball Hall of Shamers have their Blooperstown. Yes, the boys of blunder are forever enshrined in this madcap memorial to our national pastime... from The Hallowed Hall of Fielding Fiascoes to The Goofiest Gallery of Base-running Boners.
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The Baseball Hall of Shame ™
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Here in one gut-busting book, the Baseball Hall of Shame™ selection committee pays tribute to Blooperstown's funniest: The battiest batters, the most mind-boggling mental miscues, the silliest ballpark promotions, the screwiest fan behavior, and much, much more. Plus, the committee inducts its first new class of Hall of Shamers in twenty years!  Among the inglorious immortals:
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Pitcher Burleigh Grimes, who was so mean that he threw a beanball at the on-deck hitter!
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New inductee Ken Griffey Jr., who paid off a bet for a steak dinner by sneaking a cow
into manager Lou Piniella's office!
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Outfielder Ping Bodie, who out-ate Percy the ostrich for the spaghetti-eating championship
of the world!
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New inductee Manny Ramirez, who abandoned left field to go to the bathroom--during a game!
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Lou "The Mad Russian" Novikoff, who insisted his wife taunt him from the stands--because he believed it made him hit better!   
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And new inductee David "Big Papi" Ortiz, who suffered a payback for the pranks he pulled on teammates when he unwittingly donned underwear smeared with peanut butter!
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Filled with more than 200 stories and packed with photos, The Baseball Hall of Shame™: The Best of Blooperstown is the game's most hilarious homage ever assembled, and a fitting testament to the Hall's motto: "Fame and shame are part of the game."

About the Author:

Bruce Nash, president of Nash Entertainment, is the creator and producer of more than 80 television series and specials, including "Before They Were Stars," "Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed," "Meet My Folks," and "Who Wants To Be A Superhero?" His "Modern Marvels" series is one of cable's longest running programs, with more than 500 one-hour episodes. On the sports front, Nash created and produced the critically acclaimed series "Amazing Sports Stories," which was nominated for four Sports Emmys. 

 Allan Zullo has written more than 100 nonfiction books on such subjects as sports, the supernatural, history, animals, war, survival, heroism, and grandparenting. His latest book is Heroes of 9/11. Among his many sports books are When Bad Things Happen to Good Golfers, Golf is a Funny Game and March to Madness. He writes two best-selling series for Scholastic, Haunted Kids and Ten True Tales.  

About this edition

• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0762778458
• ISBN 13: 9780762778454
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296