The End of Baseball
| Author | : Peter Schilling |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2010-03-16 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781566638487 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1566638488 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (488 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The End of Baseball by : Peter Schilling
Download or read book The End of Baseball written by Peter Schilling and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Veeck, the maverick promoter, returned from Guadalcanal with a leg missing and $500 to his name, has hustled his way into buying the Philadelphia Athletics. Hungry for a pennant, young Veeck jettisons the team's white players and secretly recruits the legendary stars of the Negro Leagues, fielding a club that will go down in baseball annals as one of the greatest ever to play the game.
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