Spinning the Yarn

Spinning the Yarn, an innovative book about twenty-two notable
baseball events, based on contemporaneous newspaper coverages
revealing long-forgotten facts. Learn for the first time about the
origin of baseball sports writing. The stories range from 1843
to 1977, covering the early baseball tricksters, superstitions like
the white mouse and a wondering goose, perhaps the earliest
baseball poem,a banquet menu for the original league's national
convention of 1869, softball's founding, and baseball's rubber ball
story, among other legendary events. Each story is meticulously
footnoted, providing academic reliability to even the funniest of
legends. The author mixes story-telling styles, often starting with
historical narrative before spinning the yarn - drawing the reader
into 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 stories
otherwise lost in the mist of time. Edgar Allan Poe may have
titled it, A Quaint and Curious Volume of Forgotten Baseball
Lore, as Bohannon brings history and history-makers to life in
this well-researched and fascinating book that takes its readers on
a journey from baseball's birth to its present. Whether you are a
baseball historian, a fan of the game, or someone who just likes
an interesting read, this book is for you!
- Kevin Keating, Baseball's leading autograph authenticator
and author of Waiting for a Sign, Volumes One and Two."