{"product_id":"death-at-the-ballpark-more-than-2-000-game-related-fatalities-of-players-other-personnel-and-spectators-in-amateur-and-professional-baseball-1862-2-paperback","title":"Death at the Ballpark: More Than 2,000 Game-Related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1862-2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert M. Gorman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Weeks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When we think of baseball, we think of sunny days and leisurely outings at the ballpark--rarely do thoughts of death come to mind. Yet during the game's history, hundreds of players, coaches and spectators have died while playing or watching the National Pastime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In its second edition, this ground-breaking study provides the known details for 150 years of game-related deaths, identifies contributing factors and discusses resulting changes to game rules, protective equipment, crowd control and stadium structures and grounds. Topics covered include pitched and batted-ball fatalities, weather and field condition accidents, structural failures, fatalities from violent or risky behavior and deaths from natural causes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert M. Gorman\u003c\/b\u003e is a retired university reference librarian with more than 40 years of professional research experience. He lives in Rock Hill, South Carolina. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe late \u003cb\u003eDavid Weeks\u003c\/b\u003e was a former research librarian at Winthrop University's Dacus Library. He and Robert Gorman received the McFarland-SABR Baseball Research Award in 2003 for the article \"Foul Play: Fan Fatalities in Twentieth-Century Organized Baseball.\" He lived in Rock Hill, South Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45892902551749,"sku":"9780786479320","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/LdDCcqSAVy9780786479320.webp?v=1771918896","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/death-at-the-ballpark-more-than-2-000-game-related-fatalities-of-players-other-personnel-and-spectators-in-amateur-and-professional-baseball-1862-2-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}