Table of Contents

1 December 6, 2001: Baseball's Peculiar Institution, part 1; 2 The Best Interests of the Game; 3 February 13, 2002: Baseball's Peculiar Institution, part 2; 4 Separation of Church and State?; 5 June 18, 2002: The Absence of Conscience; 6 Baseball's Other Peculiar Institution; 7 Pumping Credibility: The Steroid Hearings of 2005; 8 One Fan's Modest Proposal

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Provides an account of how the office of the commissioner of baseball has changed over time.

About the Author

Larry Moffi is the author of five previous books, including Crossing the Line: Black Major Leaguers, 1947–1959, and This Side of Cooperstown: An Oral History of Major League Baseball in the 1950s.