Customer Review: Handy reference
Highly detailed and at the same time very concise; a true encyclopedia in every sense. Full of interesting tidbits.
Customer Review: A complete history of major league baseball franchises
Whoecver heard of the Chicago Whales? While Chicago would be the last place one would go to find a whale (outside captivity), there was a team by that name at the turn of the century. I enjoyed this book as both a baseball fan and a historian. One fault that I do find, however, is the absence of the Negro Leagues. Maybe this oversight can be corrected in a future edition or even in a separate compendium. Also, while mention is made of the original Milwaukee Brewers AL franchise in 1903 in the St. Louis Browns entry, there is no separate entry listed for that particular franchise. The 1903 Brewers had as colorful a year as the 1969 Seattle Pilots (which themselves became the modern day Milwaukee Brewers).
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The Ball Clubs: Every Franchise, Past and Present, Officially Recognized by Major Lea 
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