351 pages, circa 2000 illustrations, tables, cloth, dj, very good. 9 by 12 inches. From the dj, 'Of all the organizations associated with this great game, one can have a better understanding of its temper than The Sporting News, founded in 1886 and existing today as the largest continually published sports newspaper in North America. For many years, it devoted most of its time and space to baseball and the National Pastime is one of its primary concerns in the 1990s. All of its experience and authority is brought to bear in the Sporting News Chronicle of Baseball, a lively, newsy and compelling account of baseball's history from 1900 through the present day. Presented in a page-by-page chronological format and lavishly illustrated with over 700 fascinating photographs, it includes articles on all the noble ballpark events of the 20th century, all the World Series games from the very first in 1903, and features on the leading personalities, together with key baseball facts and figures, memorable quotes and the rest of the baseball news in brief.

SPORTING NEWS CHRONICLE BASEBALL AMERICAN SPORTS RON SMITH