Bøger af Rick Swaine

The author puts forth an authentic account of the Cleveland Indians' 1920 season and the incredible obstacles they overcame to beat out Babe Ruth's destiny-favored New York Yankees and Shoeless Joe Jackson's ill-fated Chicago White Sox for the American League pennant--most notably the devastating loss of their popular team captain and star shortstop, Ray Chapman.pman.

This is a record of the men and events, team by team, during Major League Baseball's integration. It focuses especially on the owners, executives and managers who were the heroes, villains or spectators of integration, and sheds new light on the unheralded champions of integration, and on those whose culpability has so far been overlooked.