Best Bet in Beantown Author:G. S. Rowe The year is 1897. The place: Boston, Massachusetts. Someone has just assaulted star short stop, Herman "Germany" Long of the Boston Beaneaters base ball team, and he is prostrate on the dressing room floor. Witty, womanizing Will Beaman, the book's protagonist, is vying for a front office job with the team. Beaman discovers Long. To win over the... more » curmudgeonly Boston owners, Beaman must crack the mystery of who wants to harm Long--and why. The book features romance, wondrous game action, sordid tales of base ball betting and player greed, duplicity by owners and gamblers, and a compelling late nineteenth-century feel.« less