Late Innings: A Baseball Companion

Late Innings: A Baseball Companion

• Covers the five turbulent seasons from spring 1877 thru autumm 1981. A time when the game enjoyed great popularity and also fell victim to agonizing dislocations and difficulties; soaring player salaries. notorious club house wranglings and bitter labor conflicts, which culminated in the players' strike that closed down the sport for 50 long days.

1982 Simon & Schuster. 429 pgs.