Mack, McGraw And The 1913 Baseball Season

"The New York Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics met in the World Series three times between 1905 and 1913. Each team had its future Hall of Famers. The Athletics had owner and manager Connie Mack as well as Eddie Plank, Chief Bender, Eddie Collins, and Frank 'Home Run' Baker. The Giants had manager John McGraw and pitchers Christy Mathewson and Rube Marquard. Adler, a microbiologist and baseball historian, tells the story of the legendary 1913 season. Early on, he focuses on the lives of Mack and McGraw, then segues to chapters on each team’s regular season and on each game of the epic World Series. An epilogue recaps the subsequent careers of the principals. Adler includes fascinating period details to provide a context and fleshes out the players and managers so they are more than just shadowy black-and-white images. Readers will need to bring an interest in baseball history to this volume, but those who do will be rewarded with a revealing look at both some of the game’s greatest players and one of the most memorable World Series of all time. --Wes Lukowsky"
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