Spinning the Yarn

Spinning the Yarn, an innovative book about twenty-two notablebaseball events, based on contemporaneous newspaper coveragesrevealing long-forgotten facts. Learn for the first time about theorigin of baseball sports writing. The stories range from 1843to 1977, covering the early baseball tricksters, superstitions likethe white mouse and a wondering goose, perhaps the earliestbaseball poem,a banquet menu for the original league s nationalconvention of 1869, softball s founding, and baseball s rubber ballstory, among other legendary events. Each story is meticulouslyfootnoted, providing academic reliability to even the funniest oflegends. The author mixes story-telling styles, often starting withhistorical narrative before spinning the yarn drawing the readerinto the event as though actually being there when it happened. If you enjoy baseball, you are bound to like this book. Spinning the Yarn is a delightful collection of baseball storiesotherwise lost in the mist of time. Edgar Allan Poe may havetitled it, A Quaint and Curious Volume of Forgotten BaseballLore, as Bohannon brings history and history-makers to life inthis well-researched and fascinating book that takes its readers ona journey from baseball s birth to its present. Whether you are abaseball historian, a fan of the game, or someone who just likesan interesting read, this book is for you! Kevin Keating, Baseball s leading autograph authenticatorand author of Waiting for a Sign, Volumes One and Two.