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Everywhere, things spin--wheels turn, motors hum, tornadoes roar.
This book explains the history and basic physics of spinning
objects, from yo-yos, drills, propellers, and washing machines, to
ballet dancers, dust devils, and bacteria. The book gives
instructive, entertaining accounts of everyday sights: Does a curve
ball really curve? Why do figure skaters tuck in their arms? Can
you make a disposable pen fly? And how does a falling cat always
land on its feet? Answers to these questions (and many others) tell
the amazing story of spin.
Part sports journalism, part history, part memoir, this many-sided
narrative follows one season with the Blue Devils of Moscow,
Idaho-a rural American Legion baseball team. Showcasing baseball's
enduring place in American life, the author draws on the lore ofthe
game, and conversations with diverse fans and players-an
outdoorsman juggling his son's game schedule with bear hunting; a
bewildered German college student, holding a baseball for the first
time; former St. Louis Cardinal pitcher and Yale baseball coach
John Stuper; and the proud owner of a Derek Jeter jersey in
Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania, to name a few.
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