Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball
by Peter Morris
"Packed, yet still readable, with the evolution of virtually every facet of baseball."
The Seymour Medal honors the best book of baseball history or biography published in the previous year. William Marshallwas awarded the medal in 2000. His book was 'Baseball's Pivotal Era: 1945-1951'.
The Seymour Medal honors the best book of baseball history or biography published in the previous year. David W. Zang was awarded the medal in 1996. His book was 'Fleet Walker's Divided Heart'.
In 2001, the Seymour Medal Award was won by author John Taliaferro for his biography "Charles M. Russell: The Life and Legend of America's Cowboy Artist."
The book "Rules" by Cynthia Lord won the Newbery Medal in 2007.
Baseball Before We Knew It by David Block "An amazing journey through time to discover the true evolution of our modern pastime."
Jimmy Bartel won the 2007 AFL Brownlow Medal
Bob Dylan won a 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom award.
Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan by Peter Morris : University of Michigan Press "A well-researched study of Michigan baseball from the 1830s to the 1870s."
The Detroit Tigers: Club and Community, 1945-95 by Patrick Harrigan : University of Toronto Press "Shows how the club evolved as an integral part of the city."
In 2007, Matt Ryan of Boston College won the Manning Award.
The Jnanpith Award in 2007 was won by Konkani writer Ravindra Kelekar.
Philip Seymour Hoffman received five Golden Globe Award nominations and won one.