Smithsonian Q & A:Baseball The Ultimate Question & Answer Book

" Baseball is and has been an integral part of American culture for more than 100 years. SMITHSONIAN Q & A: BASEBALL presents both historical and modern day topics and reveals little known information about the people who have made the game popular. New and veteran baseball fans alike will appreciate this comprehensive book, which answers hundreds of interesting, unusual, and fascinating questions about baseball, past and present. Who was the first professional player to wear a baseball glove? Which is the first baseball arena to be labeled a stadium? How many players have hit four homeruns in one game? What is being done to discourage the use of performance enhancing drugs? Hundreds of full-color photographs and illustrations enhance and illustrate the text. Published in association with the Smithsonian. ""Fischer, David is the author of 'Smithsonian Q & A:Baseball The Ultimate Question & Answer Book', published 2007 under ISBN 9780060891251 and ISBN 0060891254.