Böcker av Michael (University of Leicester UK) Lynch

Seamheads' Mike Lynch turns his keen eye for the amazing and unusual to baseball's biggest stage, the World Series, in Volume II of his acclaimed Baseball's Untold History Series. Read about the least likely heroes, biggest MVP flops, the oddest World Series stat lines, and an all-time O-fer line-up. Meet the 16-game winner who spent the series in an insane asylum; the Hall of Famer who was arrested for scalping World Series tickets; the only player to be picked off twice in the same Fall Classic game; the hurler who belted the only home run of his long professional career in his first series at bat; and much, much more.

Go deep inside the game with Seamheads.com founder and SABR stalwart Mike Lynch. Amazing stories about the players, managers, and owners that will educate and fascinate even the most ardent students of the game. From "cup of coffee" cases--some tragic, some incredible--to owners who make Marge Schott look like a saint--to tales of some of the strangest lives and careers ever seen in big league baseball. ¿What was behind the mysterious death of Astros' ace Don Wilson? ¿Who collected over 3000 hits and 300 homeruns-in the minor leagues? ¿Why did Gary Carter, the Expos' greatest player, get exiled from Montreal? ¿What is so cool about Virgil Trucks, other than his name? ¿Why was 19th Century Hall of Fame star Bill Dahlen known as "Bad Bill"? BUH: The People is part secret history, part scholarship, and 100% baseball fun.