Honig interviewed former big-league players across the country to compile this nostalgic book packed with statistics, action, revelations, and an extraordinary

The exciting story of baseball during and after WWII--when clubs still traveled by train, when night games and artificial lighting became commonplace, when the

1941 was baseball's most memorable season. Played out against the backdrop of the growing storm clouds of World War II, the season was remarkable both for its p

In interviews with the author, eighteen former big-league players, including Wes Ferrell, Bucky Walters, Ted Lyons, Clyde Sukeforth, and Rip Sewell, recall thei