| Hoosier Hitmen: Indiana University Baseball Contributor(s): Diprimio, Pete (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738531960 ISBN-13: 9780738531960 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: For nearly 140 years, Indiana University baseball has thrived on the unexpected. For instance: Coach Bob Morgan missed his Gatorade bath, but not his 1,000th career victory. Mike Smith rocked college pitching to win the first Triple Crown in NCAA Division I history. An ill-fated shower cost the Hoosiers a 1949 run at NCAA tourney success. Bob Lawrence made more with his 1958 pro baseball signing bonus ($50,000) than 1950s superstar slugger Ted Kluszewski ever made in a season ($40,000). Mike Crotty came to the plate looking like a middle aged man-until blasting future major league star Matt Anderson's first pitch off the scoreboard for IU's most memorable post-season home run. Bob Lawrence could have begun his head-coaching career with any patsy in the country; instead, he chose top-ranked Miami of Florida. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History - Travel | Special Interest - Sports |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| Series: Images of Baseball |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.94" W x 9.28" (0.67 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Indiana |
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Contributor Bio(s): Diprimio, Pete: - Pete DiPrimio, an award-winning sports writer for the Evansville Courier, Inside Indiana and now the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, has covered Hoosier athletics since the late 1980s. He is also the author of The Hoosier Handbook, a history of Indiana basketball. Join him on a journey that highlights the thrills and spills, triumphs and disappointments surrounding the university's oldest athletic program. |