Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series (Paperback)

from rohwyn

This book is the most thoroughly researched book on sports I have ever read. But thanks to the writing skills of Eliot Asinof, it reads more like a fast-paced thriller than like a non-fiction accou...

from IronMike

Eliot Asinof was kind enough to read a book I wrote, (and he liked it)...my god, I think it was way back in 1969 when he was teaching night school at NYU, and I was driving a cab. The title of my b...

from cyberlemur

A baseball book which assembles the truth of the Black Sox Scandal of 1919, the depth of investigation and completeness of Asinof's retelling is astounding. That only a bit more information has com...

from REINADECOPIAYPEGA

Short, sweet and simple. Loved the book, intrigued by the whole Black Sox scandal of 1919. LET JOE INTO THE HALL OF FAME, COMM MANFRED !!!

from asktheages

Pretty solid read about the infamous Black Sox scandal of 1919. As others have pointed out, though, it's not sourced, and I seem to recall reading somewhere that Asinof later admitted that he fabri...