Description
Playing for the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians in the early part of the twentieth century, Tris “Spoke” Speaker put up numbers that amaze us even today: his record for career doubles—792—may never be approached, let alone broken. Timothy M. Gay gives a rousing account of some of the best baseball ever played—and of some of the darkest moments that ever tainted a game and hastened the end of a career. Gay’s four years of research on Speaker unearthed a document that suggests that cheating induced by gambling was far more widespread in early baseball than officials have acknowledged. Gay’s book captures the bygone spirit of the big leagues’ rough-and-tumble early years and restores one of baseball’s true greats—and a truly larger-than-life personality—to his rightful place in the American sports pantheon.
Book Information
ISBN 9781496234742
Author Timothy M. Gay
Format Paperback
Page Count 346
Imprint University of Nebraska Press
Publisher University of Nebraska Press