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The Houston Astros had won the 2017 World Series and made the playoffs the next two seasons. All the while, opponents felt that Houston's hitters knew what pitches were coming, and that the team had been stealing signals for several years. The ensuing scandal ensnared many other teams, either as victims, alleged cheaters or both. Martino takes readers behind the scenes and into the heart of the events that shocked the baseball world. He breaks down...

Describes the corruption, including drug use, theft, and human trafficking, witnessed by the author during his nine years working in security for the Boston Red Sox and his six years working for Major League Baseball to clean up the sport. "In the wake of 2005's sometimes contentious, sometimes comical congressional hearings on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball and the subsequent Mitchell Report, Major League Baseball established the Department...

Ever see Mike Piazza block the plate? Or Derek Jeter slide hard into second? Illegal. But it happens every game. Baseball's rules, it seems, were made to be broken. And they are, by the players, the front office, and even sometimes the fans. Like it or not, cheating has been an integral part of America's favorite pastime since its inception. The Cheater's Guide to Baseball will show you how cheating is really done. In this lively tour through baseball's...

"This book is the exciting story of how one of the most infamous scandals in American history--the Black Sox scandal--continued for over a year following the "fixed" World Series of 1919 until the truth began to emerge. It is a story of gamblers and crooks; a story of teammates betraying one another; a story of investigations and cover-ups"--

"[T]races the Black Sox story from its roots in the gambling culture that pervaded the game in the years surrounding World War I, through the confusing events of the 1919 World Series itself, to the noisy aftermath and trial, and illuminates the moment as baseball's tipping point." --

Bull Durham: American romantic comedy, dealing with a very minor minor-league team and three of its current constituents, an aging baseball groupie that beds one player each season, a cocky foolish new pitcher, and the older, weary catcher brought in to wise the rookie up. Eight Men Out: Film about the infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal, which centers on eight baseball players who plan to throw games for money, and the scorn and anger the scheme...