Novelist Joel Zoss and historian John Bowman have collaborated on a number of baseball books, including The American and National Leagues: A Complete History and The Pictorial History of Baseball.

"Altogether wonderful . . . . I challenge any fan to read Diamonds in the Rough and not come away with a hundred gems he did not own before. Erudite, properly skeptical, and unfailingly lively—in short, a hit. I rise to my feet in admiration and gnash my teeth that I did not write it."—John Thorn, author of Total Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia "The range [of topics] is mind-boggling, and even for those who like to think they know the game, there is much that is new in this eclectic collection of anecdotes, folk tales, and basic history. . . . As baseball history and Americana, Diamonds in the Rough offers something for everyone."—Orlando Sentinel "The most up-to-date study of baseball's early history."—Fox Butterfield, New York Times "One of the greatest baseball books of all time."—Allen Barra, New York Observer

Novelist Joel Zoss and historian John Bowman have collaborated on a number of baseball books, including The American and National Leagues: A Complete History and The Pictorial History of Baseball.

"Altogether wonderful . . . . I challenge any fan to read Diamonds in the Rough and not come away with a hundred gems he did not own before. Erudite, properly skeptical, and unfailingly lively—in short, a hit. I rise to my feet in admiration and gnash my teeth that I did not write it."—John Thorn, author of Total Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia "The range [of topics] is mind-boggling, and even for those who like to think they know the game, there is much that is new in this eclectic collection of anecdotes, folk tales, and basic history. . . . As baseball history and Americana, Diamonds in the Rough offers something for everyone."—Orlando Sentinel "The most up-to-date study of baseball's early history."—Fox Butterfield, New York Times "One of the greatest baseball books of all time."—Allen Barra, New York Observer

Novelist Joel Zoss and historian John Bowman have collaborated on a number of baseball books, including The American and National Leagues: A Complete History and The Pictorial History of Baseball.

"Altogether wonderful . . . . I challenge any fan to read Diamonds in the Rough and not come away with a hundred gems he did not own before. Erudite, properly skeptical, and unfailingly lively—in short, a hit. I rise to my feet in admiration and gnash my teeth that I did not write it."—John Thorn, author of Total Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia "The range [of topics] is mind-boggling, and even for those who like to think they know the game, there is much that is new in this eclectic collection of anecdotes, folk tales, and basic history. . . . As baseball history and Americana, Diamonds in the Rough offers something for everyone."—Orlando Sentinel "The most up-to-date study of baseball's early history."—Fox Butterfield, New York Times "One of the greatest baseball books of all time."—Allen Barra, New York Observer