Book description
While baseball is touted as America's favourite pastime, everyone
will know the score with this grand slam of Q&A that's sure to be
inducted into the Hall of Fame. Doug Lennox hammers it out of the park
by filling us in on who's won the most Cy Young Awards, what the Green
Monster is, and the five ways that a player can be called
"out." In this treasure trove of baseball lore, you'll learn
all about the leagues and teams that have come and gone, the players
who are legends, and the achievements and records that have become the
stuff of myth and fable.
- Where and when did Babe Ruth hit his first professional home
run?
- What major league team was known as the Blue Jays long
before a team existed in Toronto?
- Who were the Bash
Brothers?
- Where was baseball first played?
- Who wrote
the song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"?
- Did
Fidel Castro try out for the New York Yankees?
Doug Lennox is an internationally acclaimed broadcaster, a veteran
character actor, a commercial voice artist, and a bestselling author.
He has appeared in more than 60 films and television features,
including X-Men, Police Academy, Lonesome Dove, and Against
the Ropes, and has shared screen time with Meg Ryan, Hugh
Jackman, James Garner, Burt Reynolds, Holly Hunter, Charles Bronson,
Gary Oldman, and a myriad of others. He lives in Toronto.
