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Language: en
Pages: 257
Pages: 257
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-02 - Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
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Language: en
Pages: 238
Pages: 238
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-29 - Publisher: McFarland
A comprehensive, non-partisan account of the judicial proceedings spawned by the corruption of the 1919 World Series is badly needed. This book provides it. The
Language: en
Pages: 317
Pages: 317
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
A new account of one of the most famous scandals in sports history shows how the 1919 fixing of the World Series forever changed the way America's pastime was b
Language: en
Pages: 332
Pages: 332
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-09 - Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
In late 1913 the newly formed Federal League declared itself a major league in competition with the established National and American Leagues. Backed by some of
Language: en
Pages: 336
Pages: 336
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-04 - Publisher: McFarland
Baseball and law have intersected since the primordial days. In 1791, a Pittsfield, Massachusetts, ordinance prohibited ball playing near the town's meeting hou