Reviews

“[a] fine book...provocative...will enchant general readers interested in baseball history”—Choice

“fascinating”—Public Library Quarterly

“a gem, a mother lode of material hitherto unavailable to baseball fans—not even on the Internet”—Nine

“includes full portraits of such legends as Saduharu Oh, Martin Dihigo and Hector Espino”—USA Today Sports Weekly

“provides a multitude of statistical tables so the reader can compare the players...illustrated with dozens of black and white photos”—The SABR Bulletin

“McNeil manages to pack a lot of ‘overview’ histories into the first few pages of each chapter and his all-time all-star teams for each league whet the neophytes’ appetite”—The Diamond Angle

“wonderful...required reading for anyone who loves the game”—One More Inning.