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warshawlaw I picked up a couple of really interesting baseball books at lunch today that I've never seen before. If anyone else knows anything about them, I'd appreciate any info:
(1) "They Played The Game" by Harry Grayson. 1944. Has biographies of a ton of old-time players, forewards by Connie Mack and Grantland Rice. One tidbit I've already seen is a pronounciation for "Jajoie" straight from Nap's contemporaries: "Laz-ho-way" I always thought it was "Lajoy" like joie de vivre.
(2) "The Warren Spahn Story" by Milton J. Shapiro. 1958. Great dustjacket illustrations of Spahn.
Anything anyone knows about these two books (value, etc.) would be appreciated.