Knowledge in a Nutshell on Sports

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Summary: a sports fan's dream book
Review: For the avid, or even the average, sports fan, this book is a must. It's not for the statistic-driven techie; it puts sports in the context in which it belongs: as a very important part of the total American experience. I found it more fun than watching most Super Bowls. In short, I recommend it whole-heartedly

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Summary: Who's On 1st?
Review: This wild and wacky paperback book is chocked full of the wildest stories about all sorts of sports we have ever read. We like to use Charles Reichblum's other book, Knowledge In A Nutshell, for all types of trivia, this Nutshell is specifcally for we sports nuts!

Almost 200 pages of laugh out loud stories and the true facts behind them. Some are almost unbeliveable. But, we defer to "Dr. Knowledge", the author, who has collected and researched these outlandish sports anecdotes for over 50 years now. We enjoy his straight forward writing style and sense of whimsy.

Read about when Harry Karry actually played baseball at Wrigley! Or, about the pseudo-football team some bored stock brokers made up in 1941 and called in their every game winning scores to the press. One of our favs, which Amazon mentions is how Gaylord Perry hit his 1st major league homerun on the same day the 1st man walked on the moon! And that manager Alvin Dark had predicted it 7 years earlier by referring to Perry's lack of power during batting practice by saying, "A man will walk on the moon before Perry hits a home run in the big leagues." Do you know how did the "hatrick" came into play during a Stanley Cup playoff game? Who hit 3 homeruns into 3 states in the same game? What did Gary Player do to Tony Lema at Pebblecreek on the 18th green? Hoaxes, jokes, unreal oddities, this book has it all.

A great gift to yourself or anyone into sports with a sense of humor and wanting to know more than just the stats. Ya could win yourself some bucks at a Sports Pub!