This book takes an objective look at the controversial baseball World Series of 1919, examining the players, managers, owners, and on-field events to separate fact from fiction in regard to the outcome.

From spring training to the Cardinals' league championship, the events of the 1964 National League baseball season are presented. Virtual play-by-play breakdowns of certain games are discussed, alongside the statistics of the players and the jockeying of teams for pennant position.

This title presents the facts of Pete Rose's life and career as they are and lets the reader arrive at his own conclusion about Rose's place in baseball history and in Cooperstown.

Waite Hoyt was much more than a baseball player. A multi-faceted, sometimes troubled man, Hoyt was a vaudevillian, a mortician, a writer, a painter, and (of course) a Hall of Fame pitcher. He was also an alcoholic who overcame his demons and became one of the first players to make the transition to the announcer's booth. His teammates and managers were among the all-time greats, but he'll always be associated with his friend Babe Ruth. He was there when Ruth hit 29 homers for a new record in 1919; when Ruth hit his 60th in 1927; when the Babe hit his 714th, and last, home run; he was even a...

By the mid?1870s, gambling in baseball threatened the public's confidence in the sport and its very existence as a professional enterprise. Recognizing this, Chicago owner William A. Hulbert and seven of his colleagues formed the National League, dedicating it to such high-minded ideals as preventing contract jumping and, most importantly, eliminating gambling from the sport. Hulbert's new league was severely threatened in 1877 by a gambling scandal that rocked its foundation. In mid-season, the Louisville Grays were the league's hottest team, but a disastrous eastern road trip caused vice...

The owner of the Cincinnati Reds and head of the National Commission, Garry Herrmann was one of the most influential magnates of the deadball era. This is the definitive account of his life and career.

As a pharmacist turned lawyer turned master prohibition era bootlegger, George Remus is now remembered as one of the most notorious figures of the American prohibition. A lifelong teetotaler, Remus nonetheless built one of the nation's largest illegal liquor empires with little regard to disguises or secrecy.This biography tells the complete story of Remus' private life and public persona, focusing especially on the turbulent rise and fall of his bootlegging kingdom. An introductory chapter provides an overview of Remus' early life and initial careers in pharmacy and law. Subsequent chapters...