Double Plays and Double Crosses: The Black Sox and Baseball in 1920

Don Zminda

Rowman & Littlefield, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated, 2021 - History - 344 pages

"[An] essential study of a previously unexplored chapter of the game's history. An important addition to baseball collections...." Library Journal, Starred Review - This book is the exciting story of how the infamous Black Sox scandal continued for nearly a year following the "fixed" World Series of 1919 until the truth began to emerge.

About the author

Don Zminda spent more than two decades with STATS LLC, first as director of publications and then director of research for STATS-supported sports broadcasts. He has written or edited over a dozen sports books, including The Legendary Harry Caray: Baseball's Greatest Salesman (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019) and the SABR publication Go-Go to Glory: The 1959 Chicago White Sox. He has been a member of the Society for Baseball Research since 1979. A Chicago native, Zminda now resides in Los Angeles.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Double Plays and Double Crosses: The Black Sox and Baseball in 1920; G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
• Author: Don Zminda
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated, 2021
• ISBN: 1538142325, 9781538142325
• Length: 344 pages
• Subjects: History / General; History / Modern / 20th Century / General; History / United States / 20th Century; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / History; Sports & Recreation / General; Sports & Recreation / History