The Dark Side of the Diamond: Gambling, Violence, Drugs and Alcoholism in the National Pastime by Roger I. Abrams

When Boston Still Had the Babe: The 1918 World Series Champion Red Sox Edited by Bill Nowlin

Photography © David Leifer 2006
Roger I. Abrams, of Boston, Massachusetts, is the Richardson Professor of Law at Northeastern University and a Major League Baseball salary arbitrator since 1986. His commentaries on baseball have appeared in the nation's leading publications, and on television and radio. His previous books on the history of the National Game have won universal acclaim.

"Wearing lightly his notable learning, Abrams writes with verve and intelligence." - New York Times Book Review