Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games By Warren N. Wilbert 9780810885783

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Baseball

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Wordery

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Scarecrow press

Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games : Scarecrow Press : 9780810885783 : 0810885786 : 17 Jan 2013 : Although very few baseball games end with a final score of one to zero, and such a score line might suggest a contest devoid of drama, nothing could be further from the truth. Since the 1876 inaugural season of professional baseball, many 1-0 games have proved as compelling as those featuring a parade of pitchers and a plethora of home runs. InBaseball's Iconic 1-0 Games Warren Wilbert has chronicled the tensest 1-0 nail-biters that have occurred since baseball's first professional season. Organized thematically, Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games starts by examining 1-0 games achieved on Opening Day, with the finest selected from the more than 50 that have occurred since 1876. Regular season games, in which less than three percent result in a 1-0 score, are then detailed, including those games pitched by such greats as John ?Jocko? Flynn and Randy Johnson. Championship play, from the first inning of p

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