{"product_id":"the-secret-game-howard-burman-9781495198939","title":"The Secret Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor many years stories circulated about a secret baseball game.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne bleak raw night in February 1911 Al Sangree, the well-known columnist for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Journal, \u003c\/em\u003e and a few others were gathered around a table in the grill of the Keystone Hotel in York, Pennsylvania, talking baseball when Sangree explained the game.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccording to Sangree, in early October, 1909, immediately following the World Series between Pittsburgh and Detroit, a toy manufacturer who was a pole vaulter in his college days conceived the idea of bringing together two all-star teams to be selected by his stable groom and himself for a game to be played on a polo field on Staten Island, New York, for a purse of $60,000, to be divided 60 % to the winner and 40% to the loser.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe toy tycoon had but three stipulations: One, he was to supply the purse. Two, there were to be only two spectators--the groom and himself. Three, the managers of the respective teams were to have absolute control of their players in addition to having the right to call any pitches they deemed necessary to an opposing batsman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe players were to include such stars as Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Eddie Collins.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is that secret game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Burman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1495198936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781495198939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Burman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Howard Burman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43936333889791,"sku":"9781495198939","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f5fbc1d8-2d5d-43ee-be18-cb15873b2155.jpg?v=1681424954","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-secret-game-howard-burman-9781495198939","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}