Kirjahaku

""Little is known of Faber the man up until now. Mr. Cooper's exhaustive research has uncovered a treasure trove of obscure and forgotten facts about an era of baseball history, a small Midwestern locale and its native son in this highly readable and praiseworthy biography"--Richard Lindberg, White Sox historian"--Provided by publisher.

This is the first book-length biography of Hall of Fame catcher Ray Schalk, once described as the yardstick against which all other catchers were measured. For years the top defender at his position, Schalk was also a fiery leader on the field, and he guided two teams to the World Series. (One of those teams, however, was the 1919 Black Sox, whose conspiracy to throw the Series left Schalk with a deep and abiding sense of betrayal.) After he retired as a player, the Illinois native spent decades as a manager or coach on the collegiate, minor league, and major league levels. Schalk entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.