The Imperfect Diamond: The Story of Baseball's Reserve System and the Men who Fought to Change it
- ISBN-10
- 0812827090
- ISBN-13
- 9780812827095
- Series
- The Imperfect Diamond
- Category
- Baseball
- Pages
- 258
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980
- Publisher
- Scarborough House
- Authors
- Lee Lowenfish, Tony Lupien
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- 2010
- 327 pages
- Paperback
- U of Nebraska Press
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