A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball by Peter Morris is an essential companion for any vintage base ball player.  For whatever technique, strategy, rule or piece of equipment you can think of, Morris provides documented evidence dating its first use, so now you have a convenient reference to figure out what it is ok to do, wear and use in different years.  You need a copy of this book, really.  Volume 1 covers "on the field."  Volume 2 covers "behind the scenes" and is slightly less essential, but still great.

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