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Posted By: Julie Vognar

The only mistakes in "Old Hoss" are factual ('84 Old Judge cards being signed) and pictoral (the Hoss on the cover is the photo with the middle finger of his left hand extended, and they have made it appear to be turned under, like the other fingers). It's quite subtle--they draw a line at his knuckle, and then blended the rest of his finger in with his pants (making it part of a larger shadow on his pants, which doesn't exist in the original photo).

Guess the Old Judge cards could be considered an editing error, though I'm not sure anyone editing a bseball book should be expected to know the dates of release of a 19th century baseball card..

Anyway, I wrote the author about both these things (and also told him I liked his book).