Dennis Snelling is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and the Pacific Coast League Historical Society. He lives in Rocklin, California. (Visit www.dennissnelling.com.)
“Snelling...has a feel for these baseball footnotes and relates their stories with compassion and wit...excellent”—Booklist; “an intriguing collection of character studies of players who had brilliant but fleeting major league careers”—The Yankees Bookshelf; “remind us both that anyone who reaches the level of major league baseball is extremely talented and that every player is an important part of the history of the game”—The SABR Bulletin; “his interviews reveal both the high points and disappointments”—Library Journal; “profiles in detail 15 players who had their 15 minutes of fame before vanishing in athletic obscurity”—Houston Post.
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