| #1136353 in Books | Bloomsbury USA | 2010-06-02 | 2010-05-25 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .33 x.3 x5.50l,.56 | File type: PDF | 256 pages | ||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Personal Rant About Baseball Hall Of Fame|By Michael L. Slavin|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.|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. But Chafets explains why Cooperstown and the National Baseball Hall
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. 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. For anyone who car...
You easily download any file type for your device.Cooperstown Confidential: Heroes, Rogues, and the Inside Story of the Baseball Hall of Fame | Zev Chafets. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
