The Black Prince of Baseball Hal Chase and the Mythology of the Game |
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| Author:
| Dewey, Donald
Acocella, Nicholas |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-9939-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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At the begiining of the twentieth century Hal Chase emerged as one of baseball's greatest players, though also as one of its most scandalous characters. But as Donald Dewey and Nicholas Acocella reveal in their groundbreaking biography, Chase was also a scapegoat for baseball notables with hands even dirtier than his.
At the begiining of the twentieth century Hal Chase emerged as one of baseball's greatest players, though also as one of its most scandalous characters. But as Donald Dewey and Nicholas Acocella reveal in their groundbreaking biography, Chase was also a scapegoat for baseball notables with hands even dirtier than his.