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Death In The Strike Zone: The Mystery Of AmericaS First Baseball Hero
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He Threw The First Fastball. The First Curveball. He Was BaseballS First StarAnd Its First Tragedy.In Death In The Strike Zone, Acclaimed Historian Thomas W. Gilbert Uncovers The Forgotten Life Of James Creighton, The First American Ballplayer To Become A National Sensation. On The Eve Of The Civil War, Creighton Invented Something Utterly New In Baseball Modern Pitching. Creighton Was So Dominant, So Mesmerizing, That The Game Had To Rewrite The Rulebook To Catch Up With Him. He Is The Reason We Have A Strike Zone. Then, In One Fateful Game He CollapsedAnd Four Days Later, He Was Dead At The Age Of TwentyOne.Was It A Freak Injury Or Was Baseball Somehow To Blame? Was There A CoverUp? Why Has Creighton Been Denied The Credit He Deserves? Death In The Strike Zone Is Part Biography, Part Detective Story, And Part Time Machine. With Vivid Storytelling And Groundbreaking Research, Gilbert Revives A Vanished Era Of Barehanded Fielders, Heroes And Gamblers, And The Strange, Thrilling Beginnings Of AmericaS Pastime And Sports Stardom Itself.Death In The Strike Zone Is A Remarkable Journey Into The Past That Will Keep You On The Edge Of Your Seat And Profoundly Change How You See The Game Of Baseball.
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