John Henry Moss: Baseball's Miracle Man

John Henry Moss spent half a century as the driving force behind the South Atlantic League. Bob Terrell has spent nearly as many years writing about it. The result of their collaboration is a celebration of minor league baseball, a history of the Sally League, and a biography of the league’s founder and fifty-year president.Rich in baseball history and filled with the stories of the SAL’s players, managers, umpires, and club owners, John Henry Moss: Baseball’s Miracle Man is a sure bet for any fan of America’s national pastime.John Henry Moss has known many honors over his lifetime, including induction into five sports Halls of Fame, the King of Baseball award, and the North Carolina Order of the Long Leaf Pine.To recognize Moss’s fifty-year contribution to baseball, the SAL has retired #50 throughout the league, an honor previously accorded only to Jackie Robinson. Stadiums across the Southeast will erect bronze plaques to honor John Henry Moss’s successful efforts to keep the stands full and to provide quality, wholesome, family entertainment at an affordable price.