Eddie Collins A Baseball Biography - Rick Huhn

In What Is Sure To Be The Definitive Book On Eddie Collinss Life And Long Career, Author Rick Huhn Covers The Hall Of Fame Players Experiences From Childhood Through His Days At Columbia University, His Tenure With The Great Athletics Clubs Of 1906-1914, The Highs And Lows Of A Championship And Scandal With The White Sox, And His Return To The As During Their Final Run At Greatness. By The Time His 25-year Playing Career Had Ended, He Was A Pivotal Performer On Five All-time Great Clubs, Dominating His Position Like No One Before (or Since), And Earning A Reputation For Intelligent, Selfless Play That Followed Him To Cooperstown. Also Covered In Detail Is His Tenure With The Boston Red Sox, A Team He Served Variously As Part Owner, Vice-president And General Manager Until 1951, When After 45 Years In Major League Baseball A Stroke Ended His Career And, Weeks Later, His Life.