Research Catalog

Title

Andy Roddick beat me with a frying pan : taking the field with pro athletes and Olympic legends to answer sports fans' burning questions / Todd Gallagher.

Author

Gallagher, Todd.

Publication

New York : Three Rivers Press, c2007.

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Details

Description

xiii, 274 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Subjects

• Miscellanées
• Trivia and miscellanea
• miscellanies
• Sports > Miscellanea

Genre/Form

• miscellanies.
• Trivia and miscellanea
• Miscellanées.

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Question 1. Could a morbidly obese goalie shut out an NHL team? -- Question 2. Could an Olympic swimmer doggie-paddle and still beat a regular guy? -- Question 3. How many tough men could Mike Tyson defeat in one night? -- Question 4. Would a major league batting champion dominate in Wiffle ball? -- Question 5. How easy is it for pro athletes to get laid? And how easy is it for a groupie to bag a pro athlete? -- Question 6. What kind of handicap would it take to beat an Olympic sprinter? -- Question 7. Would sumo wrestlers make great NFL linemen? -- Question 8. Are dart professionals great beer pong players? -- Question 9. Can basketball players really "make change" off the top of the backboard? -- Question 10. How would a psychic do in a Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament? -- Question 11. Are there pro athletes who have to pinch pennies? -- Question 12. Can fans hit as well as pitchers? -- Question 13. Do pro athletes really play high? -- Question 14. How big is the gap between male and female athletes? -- Question 15. Are there great players who never got a shot at the pros? -- Question 16. How would a pro bowler do at skee-ball? -- Question 17. How many Tampa Bay Devil Rays can the average major leaguer name? -- Question 18. How good are pro golfers at miniature golf? -- Question 19. Could any celebrities play in the pros? -- Question 20. Playing one-handed, could a pro billiards player beat an amateur? -- Question 21. Are those guys really athletes? -- Question 22. Do athletes think about their statistics while they're playing (or, Can I trust these guys to put my fantasy team above their real team)? -- Question 23. Can I do that? If I practiced, couldn't I be as good as the pros? -- Question 24. Does a six-fingered pitcher have an unfair advantage? -- Question 25. How easy is the transition from soccer player to NFL kicker? -- Question 26. What would happen if the NBA raised the basket to 12 feet? -- Question 27. Is it as easy to cheat at poker as they made it look in Rounders? -- Question 28. Could a non-basketball player beat an NBA player in free throws? -- Question 29. How long before NASCAR drivers are replaced by AI (Artificial Intelligence, not Allen Iverson)? -- Question 30. Could Andy Roddick beat an average tennis player with a frying pan? -- Question 31. Would a team of midgets be the greatest offense in baseball history? -- Index / Joe Queenan.

ISBN

• 9780307352804
• 0307352803

LCCN

^^2007017845

OCLC

126226390

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library