The Underground Baseball Encyclopedia: Baseball Stuff You Never Needed to Know and Can Certainly Live Without

Baseball history is full of unforgettable athletic achievements, heroic performers, and exhilarating moments that remind fans of everything they love about sports and honest competition.



The Underground Baseball Encyclopedia is not about any of those things.



Instead, prepare yourself for a decidedly snarky trip through the game s rich history of buffoonery, thuggery, fashion missteps, ballpark promotions gone awry, batboys with metal claws for hands, Afros, mustaches, mistresses, overzealous mascots, existence-of-dinosaurs deniers, inedible baseball-themed candy bars, and hundreds of other unbelievable-but-true aspects of America s national pastime. And did we mention the wife swapping?



For the casual fan, hard-core stat geek, pop culture junkie, or lover of trivia and miscellany, The Underground Baseball Encyclopedia provides a welcome kick to baseball history s baggy flannel pants.