Cooperstown Confidential: Heroes, Rogues, and the Inside Story of the Baseball Hall of Fame
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (884 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1608192105 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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For anyone who cares about baseball, this is essential reading.. From the history of the founding Clark family to a day on the town with the newly inducted Goose Gossage; from the battle over steroids to the economics of induction and secret campaigns by aspiring players, this is a highly irreverent and highly entertaining tour through the life of an American institution. This penetrating, funny book reveals the inner workings of the Hall of Fame: the politics, the players, and the people who own and preserve it
(July)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly Cooperstown is a sleepy New York village with a population barely eclipsing 2,000, in a location where if you arrive by mistake, you've been lost for forty-five minutes. Chafets (A Match Made in Heaven) briefly explores the history of how the Hall of Fame came to pass, but the real good stuff comes as he dives into the politics of the museum and how race has played a role in who has received election and who has received the shaft. Much of Chafets's subject matter is sure to strike a chord with baseball fans, and many will surely disagree with his stance on steroids as it relates to a player's induction. The relationships h
Michael L. Slavin said Personal Rant About Baseball Hall Of Fame. The author seems displeased about virtually everything related to the Hall Of Fame. He doesn't like those who run it or many of those who vote for members. He spends a lot of pages lamenting that there are less African American players than there used to be. He argues that Latin American players are being exploited. He's favorable to Marvin Miller's legal work that greatly increased ballplayers f. "OPinion" according to acs. I was looking forward to many stories about the HOF members and some "expose" pieces which tickle the funny bone without being disrespectful of the greats of the past. The book was about half that and half the author's opinion on the steroid era etc.I can form my own opinion on those issues I don't need his and am sorry I paid to read them.. Character clause, you say? Mark Fornoff I love baseball history, so I was looking forward to a book which purportedly relates the "real" history of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Zev Chafets does not disappoint. I see him as a superb writer, and seems to know just how to hold his audience. His writing casts the light upon many aspects of the Hall's selection process, and on the story of the Hall itself, which might surp