Throwbacks

"Despite its many troubles, baseball still maintains a strong allure. Our love affair with the national pastime continues today thanks in no small part to players who hold fast to old-school values. With Throwbacks: old-school baseball players in today's game, we celebrate them ... In detailing some of the throwbacks in today's game--stars such as Kerry Wood, Greg Maddux, and Jim Thome and role players such as Herbert Perry and Doug Glanville--author George Castle relied on his past coverage of these players, more than a decade's worth with some of them"--Jacket.