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Baseball at the Abyss by Dan Taylor | 2.01 MB
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Title: Baseball at the Abyss
Author: Dan Taylor
Year: 2023
Description:
The untold story behind one of baseball's biggest scandals and the men who saved a tarnished game.
In the winter of 1926, Major League Baseball became enveloped in scandal. Two of baseball's biggest stars, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker, were accused of fixing and betting on games. Sportswriters called the scandal worse than that of the infamous "Black Sox." The reputation of baseball was in tatters.
In Baseball at the Abyss, Dan Taylor reveals the behind-the-scenes story of how baseball was saved after the banishment of Cobb and Speaker. It was all set in motion by one unlikely individual—Christy Walsh, the business manager for Babe Ruth and baseball's first player agent. Taylor follows Walsh and Ruth as the agent arranges for the Babe to star in a motion picture and presses for Ruth to hire a fitness guru, change his habits, and train while in Hollywood. The results were astonishing. The scandal was soon forgotten as a reinvigorated Babe Ruth...
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The untold story behind one of baseball's biggest scandals and the men who saved a tarnished game.
In the winter of 1926, Major League Baseball became enveloped in scandal. Two of baseball's biggest stars, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker, were accused of fixing and betting on games. Sportswriters called the scandal worse than that of the infamous "Black Sox." The reputation of baseball was in tatters.
In Baseball at the Abyss, Dan Taylor reveals the behind-the-scenes story of how baseball was saved after the banishment of Cobb and Speaker. It was all set in motion by one unlikely individual—Christy Walsh, the business manager for Babe Ruth and baseball's first player agent. Taylor follows Walsh and Ruth as the agent arranges for the Babe to star in a motion picture and presses for Ruth to hire a fitness guru, change his habits, and train while in Hollywood. The results were astonishing. The scandal was soon forgotten as a reinvigorated Babe Ruth...
DOWNLOAD:
https://rapidgator.net/file/393e7b23fc453a96909bf3f755469024/Baseball_at_the_Abyss_by_Dan_Taylor_.rar
https://k2s.cc/file/736fa63ef2635/Baseball_at_the_Abyss_by_Dan_Taylor_.rar
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