John Fetzer: On a HandshakeA biography of Detroit Tigers owner John Fetzer who owned the team for 22 years. It looks at baseball in a time before seven figure players and the influence of lawyers. |
Contents
There Was a Time | 1 |
Body Mind and Spirit | 9 |
A Fork in the Road | 17 |
Building an Empire | 27 |
Why the Tigers? | 35 |
Buying a Ballclub | 41 |
The Early Years | 49 |
Taking Control | 59 |
The Most Powerful Force | 99 |
A House Divided | 111 |
Flannel and Double Knits | 119 |
And Some Tears | 133 |
Champagne and a Sigh of Relief | 145 |
The Perfect Goodbye | 155 |
For All Time | 165 |
The Men in the Dugout | 175 |
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