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Harry Caray is one of the most famous and beloved sports
broadcasters of all time, with a career that lasted over 50 years.
Always a baseball enthusiast, Caray once vowed to become a
broadcaster who was the true voice of the fans. Caray's distinctive
style soon resonated across St. Louis, then Chicago, and eventually
across the nation. In The Legendary Harry Caray: Baseball's
Greatest Salesman, Don Zminda delivers the first full-length
biography of Caray since his death in 1998. It includes details of
Caray's orphaned childhood, his 25 years as the voice of the St.
Louis Cardinals, his tempestuous 11 years broadcasting games for
the Chicago White Sox, and the 16 years he broadcast for the
Chicago Cubs while also becoming a nationally-known celebrity.
Interviews with significant figures from Caray's life are woven
throughout, from his widow Dutchie and grandson Chip to
broadcasters Bob Costas, Thom Brennaman, Dewayne Staats, Pat
Hughes, and more. Caray was known during his final years as a
beloved, often-imitated grandfather figure with the Cubs, but the
story of his entire career is much more nuanced and often
controversial. Featuring new information on Caray's life-including
little-known information about his firing by the Cardinals and his
feuds with players, executives, and fellow broadcasters-this book
provides an intimate and in-depth look at a broadcasting legend.
"[An] essential study of a previously unexplored chapter of the
game's history. An important addition to baseball collections...."
Library Journal, Starred Review The gripping story of how one of
the most infamous scandals in American history-the Black Sox
scandal-continued for nearly a year following the fixed World
Series of 1919 until the truth began to emerge. The Black Sox
scandal has fascinated sports fans for over one hundred years. But
while the focus has traditionally been on the fixed 1919 World
Series, the reality is that it continued well into the following
season-and members of the Chicago White Sox very likely continued
to fix games. The result was a year of suspicion, intrigue, and
continued betrayal. In Double Plays and Double Crosses: The Black
Sox and Baseball in 1920, Don Zminda tells the story of an
unforgettable team and an unforgettable year in baseball and
American history. Zminda reveals in captivating detail how the
Black Sox scandal unfolded in 1920, the level of involvement in
game-fixing by notable players like Shoeless Joe Jackson and Buck
Weaver, and the complicity of White Sox management in covering up
details of the scandal. In addition, Zminda provides an in-depth
investigation of games during the 1920 season that were likely
fixed and the discovery during the year of other game-fixing
scandals that rocked baseball. Throughout 1920, the White Sox
continued to play-and usually win-despite mistrust among teammates.
Double Plays and Double Crosses tells for the first time what
happened during this season, when suspicion was rampant and the
team was divided between "clean" players and those suspected of
fixing the 1919 World Series.
Harry Caray is one of the most famous and beloved sports
broadcasters of all time, with a career that lasted over 50 years.
Always a baseball enthusiast, Caray once vowed to become a
broadcaster who was the true voice of the fans. Caray's distinctive
style soon resonated across St. Louis, then Chicago, and eventually
across the nation. In The Legendary Harry Caray: Baseball's
Greatest Salesman, Don Zminda delivers the first full-length
biography of Caray since his death in 1998. It includes details of
Caray's orphaned childhood, his 25 years as the voice of the St.
Louis Cardinals, his tempestuous 11 years broadcasting games for
the Chicago White Sox, and the 16 years he broadcast for the
Chicago Cubs while also becoming a nationally-known celebrity.
Interviews with significant figures from Caray's life are woven
throughout, from his widow Dutchie and grandson Chip to
broadcasters Bob Costas, Thom Brennaman, Dewayne Staats, Pat
Hughes, and more. Caray was known during his final years as a
beloved, often-imitated grandfather figure with the Cubs, but the
story of his entire career is much more nuanced and often
controversial. Featuring new information on Caray's life-including
little-known information about his firing by the Cardinals and his
feuds with players, executives, and fellow broadcasters-this book
provides an intimate and in-depth look at a broadcasting legend.
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