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The Cleveland Indian: The Legend of King Saturday
The Cleveland Indian The Legend of King Saturday Author:Luke Salisbury It's the 19th century and the basepaths are alive with legendary ball players such as John McGraw and Honus Wagner. Cy Young is on the mound, and King Saturday is at bat. The "kranks" are rooting for action, and they're getting plenty of it. "The Cleveland Indian" brings to life the bawdy, often sinister, final days of the Gay Nineties. Against ... more »this panorama, author Salisbutry fields an authentic 1897 Cleveland Spiders line-up, a team as colorful as its era. King Saturday, freely modeled on real-life baseball legend Sockalexis, the Native American outfielder who gave the Cleveland ball club its name, is a con man, a brawler, a hero, a schemer, a murderer, and possessor of "the most talent any baseball man ever saw."« less