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Blockade Billy / Stephen King.

ISBN: 1587672286
ISBN: 9781587672286
ISBN: 9781451608212
Physical Description: 112 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Baltimore : Cemetery Dance Publications, [2010]
Copyright: &copy;2010

King, Stephen, 1947- (Author).

Summary:

"Even the most die-hard baseball fans don't know the true story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first--and only--player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history. Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional baseball, and with good reason. Blockade Billy had a secret darker than any pill or injection that might cause a scandal in sports today. His secret was much, much worse."--p. 2 of cover.