A comprehensive biography of baseball great Henry Aaron describing his personal life from Jim Crow Alabama to his professional career with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
Argues that the Boston Red Sox missed out on having a dream team featuring Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays due to the franchise's racist practices, and examines the ownership dynasty of the Yawkey family and racial issues in the city of Boston as a whole.
drugs, power, and the fight for the soul of Major League Baseball
Bryant, Howard
2005
Presents a comprehensive examination of the use of steroids within major league baseball in the years following the 1994 players' strike, and describes how and when it began and what baseball's leadership knew.
