Charles Fountain

The Betrayal

The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 both managed and perceived.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 149mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780190679187
• ISBN-10: 0190679182
• Artikelnr.: 47869785

Autorenporträt

Charles Fountain teaches at Northeastern University's School of Journalism. He is the author of several books, including Under the March Sun: The Story of Spring Training.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Rules of Play
1. "Honorable Joes"
2. The Prince of Fixers
3. Baseball at War
4. Brothers and Enemies
5. The Conversations
6. Losing the Series
7. The End of the Series
8. The Cover-Up Begins
9. The Newspapers Try to Figure It Out
10. Telling What's So
11. The Judge
12. Judgment
13. Timeless Joe