Includes index. "Completely updated and expanded through the 2019 baseball season!"--Page [4] of cover.
Summary:
"In a game that has been our national pastime since the 1850s, there have been countless changes, additions and adaptations to the rules of baseball. But while the sport has altered considerably in recent years, its essence is still deeply rooted in its early history. Along with providing a thorough investigation into the rules of the game and how they came to be, Nemec explains the reasoning behind many of the modifications, both large and small, and in so doing furnishes numerous examples of the specific instances that led to a particular rule being created afresh, rewritten, or excised from the rule book entirely."--Page [4] of cover.
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