The Ball: Discovering the Object of the GameHarper Collins, 15/05/2012 - 400 من الصفحات Anthropologist John Fox sets off on a worldwide adventure to thefarthest reaches of the globe and the deepest recesses of our ancientpast to answer a question inspired by his sports-loving son: "Why do we play ball?" From Mexican jungles to the small-town gridirons of Ohio, frommedieval villages and royal courts to modern soccer pitches andbaseball parks, The Ball explores the little-known origins ofour favorite sports across the centuries, and traces how a simpleinvention like the ball has come to stake an unrivaled claim on ourpassions, our money, and our lives. Equal parts history and travelogue,The Ball removes us from the scandals and commercialism of today'ssports world to uncover the true reasons we play ball, helping us reclaimour universal connection to the games we love. |
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... leagues , boot camps , clinics , or away games that oblige you to drive your kid for hours across state lines : catch is pre- regulation , pre - industrial , and , almost certainly , prehistoric . On one of those early June days in the ...
... league in our neighborhood park. Like most of my friends, I regarded tennis as effete, foreign, and snobby. It was the 1970s and tennis was still mostly played by white people wearing even whiter outfits on groomed lawn or clay courts ...
... League has emerged from a four - month lockout , and the National Basketball Association has just begun what is expected to be a much longer battle . While millionaire owners and players gear up for a fight , fans , most of whom can't ...
... League championship versus a pickup game with friends . As they did their tricks and earned their dinner , their secret was safe with me : herring or no , they'd be playing just as hard . So when did we put it all together ? Who first ...
... league baseball pitcher ! ( Only kidding ! ) But this is where Calvin's theory gets interesting . Throwing requires some pretty sophisticated rapid muscle sequencing , a function that in humans takes place in the left brain . That's why ...