![]() the only book you'll need to read on the subject. reads like a suspense novel." - Kirkus Reviews Bartlett Giamatti, locking horns with Pete Rose during his gambling days of summer and much more. Witness zealous Judge Landis banish eight players, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, after the infamous "Black Sox" scandal the flamboyant A's owner Charlie Finley wheel and deal his star players, Vida Blue and Rollie Fingers, like a deck of cards the hysterical bidding war of coveted free agent Catfish Hunter the chain-smoking romantic, A. Quantity: 1 Add to Basket Condition: Fair. ![]() Seller Rating: Contact seller Book Used - Softcover Condition: Fair US 23.02 Convert currency Free shipping Within U.S.A. In this fascinating, colorful chronicle-based on hundreds of interviews and years of research and digging-John Helyar brings to vivid life the extraordinary people and dramatic events that shaped America's favorite pastime, from the dead-ball days at the turn of the century through the great strike of 1994. The Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball Helyar, John Published by Ballantine Books, 1995 ISBN 10: 0345465245 ISBN 13: 9780345465245 Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, U.S.A. But what you see on the field is only half the game. ![]() "The ultimate chronicle of the games behind the game."- The New York Times Book Reviewīaseball has always inspired rhapsodic elegies on the glory of man and golden memories of wonderful times. ![]()
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