Finding the Hidden Ball Trick

Finding the Hidden Ball Trick
By:"Bill Deane"
Published on 2015-02-18 by Rowman & Littlefield

The dying art of the hidden-ball trick dates back to the early days of pro baseball, with seven successful executions documented in 1876 alone. This ruse occurs when a baseman conceals the ball instead of returning it to the pitcher. When the runner steps off the base, he is summarily tagged out with the hidden ball. The trick has been used some 264 times with success, a rarity roughly in the class of the no-hitter. The hidden-ball trick has produced many hilarious stories throughout the years, and even enjoyed a renaissance of sorts in 2013 when it was employed twice late in the season. In Finding the Hidden-Ball Trick: The Colorful History of Baseball’s Oldest Ruse, every known execution of the hidden-ball trick in the major leagues is documented, compiled from decades of research. This book recounts how the hidden-ball trick has completed triple plays, ended games, resulted in two arrests, cost a Hall of Famer a managing job, and even occurred in a World Series. Stories include how Fred Merkle gained revenge on Johnny Evers, how Gary Carter was caught to end a game—on his birthday—and how Lou Boudreau was nabbed the day after saying the play was obsolete. In addition to a complete chronological listing of every documented ruse, Finding the Hidden-Ball Trick also includes descriptions of tricks that went awry and a list of unsubstantiated accounts. This unique compilation of baseball stories will be of interest to baseball scholars and fans alike.

This Book was ranked 26 by Google Books for keyword trick.

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Money in Classical Antiquity

Money in Classical Antiquity
By:"Sitta von Reden"
Published on 2010-11-18 by Cambridge University Press

This book was the first to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the impact of money on the economy, society and culture of the Greek and Roman worlds. It uses new approaches in economic history to explore how money affected the economy in antiquity and demonstrates that the crucial factors in its increasing influence were state-formation, expanding political networks, metal supply and above all an increasing sophistication of credit and contractual law. Covering a wide range of monetary contexts within the Mediterranean over almost a thousand years (c.600 BC–AD 300), it demonstrates that money played different roles in different social and political circumstances. The book will prove an invaluable introduction to upper-level students of ancient money, while also offering perspectives for future research to the specialist.

This Book was ranked 18 by Google Books for keyword money.

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The Economy of Prestige

The Economy of Prestige
By:"James F. ENGLISH"
Published on 2005 by Harvard University Press

This is a book about one of the great untold stories of modern cultural life: the remarkable ascendancy of prizes in literature and the arts. James F. English documents the dramatic rise of the awards industry and its complex role within what he describes as an economy of cultural prestige.

This Book was ranked 13 by Google Books for keyword economy.

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The Sharing Economy

The Sharing Economy
By:"Arun Sundararajan"
Published on 2016-05-13 by MIT Press

The wide-ranging implications of the shift to a sharing economy, a new model of organizing economic activity that may supplant traditional corporations.

This Book was ranked 3 by Google Books for keyword economy.

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How Fashion Designers Use Math

How Fashion Designers Use Math
By:"John C. Bertoletti","Rhea A. Stewart"
Published on 2009-10-01 by Infobase Publishing

Outlines the ways fashion designers use math to sketch their ideas, use symmetry appropriately, figure out how much fabric they will need for a prototype, and determine how much the tailors who make the clothes will be paid.

This Book was ranked 22 by Google Books for keyword fashion.

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Bad Trick

Bad Trick
By:"Bill Morlin","Jeanette White"
Published on 2001 by New Media Ventures, Inc.

This Book was ranked 38 by Google Books for keyword trick.

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Tip-Based Nanofabrication

Tip-Based Nanofabrication
By:"Ampere A. Tseng"
Published on 2011-07-25 by Springer Science & Business Media

Nanofabrication is critical to the realization of potential benefits in the field of electronics, bioengineering and material science. One enabling technology in nanofabrication is Tip-Based Nanofabrication, which makes use of functionalized micro-cantilevers with nanoscale tips. Tip-Based Nanofabrication: Fundamentals and Applications discusses the development of cantilevered nanotips and how they evolved from scanning probe microscopy and are able to manipulate environments at nanoscale on substrates generating different nanoscale patterns and structures. Also covered are the advantages of ultra-high resolution capability, how to use tip based nanofabrication technology as a tool in the manufacturing of nanoscale structures, single-probe tip technologies, multiple-probe tip methodology, 3-D modeling using tip based nanofabrication and the latest in imaging technology.

This Book was ranked 26 by Google Books for keyword tip.

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