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Informationen zum Autor By Dan Taylor Klappentext Baseball at the Abyss is the story of one of baseball’s darkest days and how innovative, behind-the-scenes work of the first-ever player agent pushed the game’s greatest player to a history making season, one which rescued a tarnished game. Zusammenfassung Baseball at the Abyss is the story of one of baseball’s darkest days and how innovative, behind-the-scenes work of the first-ever player agent pushed the game’s greatest player to a history making season, one which rescued a tarnished game. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Sour Grape Grower 2 Landing the Big One 3 Tarnished Stars 4 The Very Important Hero 5 Ty Swings Away 6 Baseball at the Abyss 7 Decision Day 8 The Red Faced Cardinal 9 Stealing the Show 10 Reinvigorating Babe Ruth 11 Digesting a Cobb Salary 12 That's a Wrap 13 The Plan Goes Awry 14 A Different Babe 15 Dawn of a New Day 16 Move Over Babe 17 Reviews Are In 18 Rewrite the Record Book 19 The Greatest Season 20 From Disdain to Acclaim Bibliography About the Author
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Sour Grape Grower
2 Landing the Big One
3 Tarnished Stars
4 The Very Important Hero
5 Ty Swings Away
6 Baseball at the Abyss
7 Decision Day
8 The Red Faced Cardinal
9 Stealing the Show
10 Reinvigorating Babe Ruth
11 Digesting a Cobb Salary
12 That's a Wrap
13 The Plan Goes Awry
14 A Different Babe
15 Dawn of a New Day
16 Move Over Babe
17 Reviews Are In
18 Rewrite the Record Book
19 The Greatest Season
20 From Disdain to Acclaim
Bibliography
About the Author
About the author
Dan Taylor is a sports historian, baseball broadcaster, and former award-winning television sportscaster. He is the author of six books, his most recent being Baseball at the Abyss: The Scandals of 1926, Babe Ruth, and the Unlikely Savior Who Rescued a Tarnished Game. Previous works include Walking Alone: The Untold Journey of Football Pioneer Kenny Washington and Lights, Camera, Fastball: How the Hollywood Stars Changed Baseball, which was a finalist for the Casey Award for baseball book of the year. Taylor is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and contributes to their Biography Project. He lives in California.
