Campy
by Neil Lanctot |
Stengel
by Robert W. Creamer | 
Stan Musial
by George Vecsey | 
The Last Hero
by Howard Bryant | 
A Well-Paid Slave
by Brad Snyder | 
Ted Williams
by Leigh Montville |
Willie Mays
by James S. Hirsch | 
Sandy Koufax
by Jane Leavy | 
Clemente
by David Maraniss | 
Joe DiMaggio
by Richard Ben Cramer | 
Roger Maris
by Tom Clavin |
Lefty
by Vernona Gomez |
Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms
by Elden Auker | 
Satchel
by Larry Tye | 
Nice Guys Finish Last
by Leo Durocher | 
Ben Hogan
by James Dodson | 
What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?
by Richard Ben Cramer | 
A Golfer's Life
by Arnold Palmer | 
Chief Bender's Burden
by Tom Swift |
The Rocket That Fell to Earth
by Jeff Pearlman |
"He ate gunpowder every morning," complained one umpire, "and washed it down with warm blood." That described John McGraw, who in the 1890s was the rowdiest member of the ferocious Baltimore Orioles, the club that pioneered the hit-and-run, the cutoff, the squeeze play, and the "Baltimore chop." In 1902 he began his thirty-season reign as manager of the Giants, winning ten pennants--a record matched only by Casey Stengel. His career in baseball spanned forty years and two eras--from the game's raucous early days to its emergence as big business.Charles C. Alexander, a professor of history at Ohio University, Athens, and the author of Ty Cobb, calls John McGraw "perhaps the single most significant figure in baseball's history before Babe Ruth transformed the game with his mammoth home runs and unparalleled showmanship."