Infield fly rule is in effect : the history and strategy of baseball's most (in)famous rule / Howard M. Wasserman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wasserman, Howard M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball--Rules.

Baseball.

Fielding (Baseball).

Genre:

Rules.

Physical Description:

x, 202 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"The Infield Fly Rule is the most misunderstood in baseball, and perhaps in all of sports. That makes it also the most infamous rule. Drawing on interviews with experts, legal arguments and a study of every infield-fly play in eight Major League seasons, tells the complete story of the Rule and its place in the National Pasttime"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

A brief history of the infield fly rule

Defending the infield fly rule

Infield fly rule throughout baseball

Infield fly rule in other sports

An empirical assessment of the infield fly rule

Afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476667157

1476667152

OCLC:

1032356895