The story of Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians, a popular player struck in the head and killed in August 1920 by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees. Mr. Sowell's book investigates the incident and probes deep into the backgrounds of the players involved and the events that led to baseball's only death at bat. A New York Times ...
Here is the definitive account of the only death in major league baseball history for a pitched ball. Sowell's research and narration is riveting and fascinating. 8-page photo insert.
Gary Carter, Mookie Wilson, Bill Buckner, Doug DeCinces, and other players from the New York Mets, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, and California Angels tell what really went on during the exciting games of the 1986 post-season. "An old-fashioned baseball book".--New York Times Book Review. 22 photos.
The first World Series was to be played in a few months, and colorful players like Cy Young were in the papers every day. The baseball world followed the antics of the most feared slugger of the day, Big Ed Delahanty, and was stunned to learn he had fallen to his death into Niagra Falls on July 2, 1903. His death was listed as an accident, but now ...
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