The shady side of a baseball legend is highlighted here, with details about Hal Chase's scandalous dealings with criminals and his tarnished image before the Black Sox scandal of 1919 highlighted the dirty side of the game and prompted reforms.

Product Description: This authoritative, over-sized biographical history of our national pastime offers personality profiles and original summaries of the contributions made by more than 1,500 players, managers, owners, front office executives, journalist/writers, and fans to the development and enjoyment of baseball...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: In this book, the story of our national pastime unfolds through lively accounts of each of the 123 franchises that comprised the 6 leagues officially recognized by Major League Baseball (MLB). Here are the fascinating details of the team owners & managers, the most dramatic events on & off the field, the most famous players, & the pivotal moments in the history of each team...read more

Gathers imaginary teams based on shared poor or great performances, career similarities, and personal characteristics

Product Description: If we could choose our baseball teams, this would be good

Lively detailed accounts of every baseball franchise, past and present, are organized alphabetically, illustrated with rare photographs, and feature information on the most important and dramatic moments in each franchise's history.