Author Dan Taylor explains the Saving Grace While Baseball was At the Abyss
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In this episode, we talk about some baseball history. Author Dan Taylor has recently written a book on an interesting story from Major League Baseball in the 1920s with the subject matter of scandal, home runs, Babe Ruth, and some sports business innovation in the title of Baseball at the Abyss: The Scandals of 1926, Babe Ruth, and the Unlikely Savior Who Rescued a Tarnished Game. Dan joins us in this episode to tell the tale.
Dan Taylor is a sports historian, author, and a former award-winning television sportscaster who is currently the television broadcaster for the Fresno Grizzlies. He is the author of five books, most recently Lights, Camera, Fastball: How the Hollywood Stars Changed Baseball and Walking Alone: The Untold Story of Football Pioneer Kenny Washington. Taylor is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and contributes to their biography project. He is also a member of the Pacific Coast League Historical Society. He resides in Fresno, California.
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