The Cincinnati Game

A treasury of facts, fables, historic fates, important dates, battery mates, potentates, heroes, hotdogs, dead dogs, dedication, bad hops, Bavarian hops, brawls, pratfalls, overalls, bats and balls, and selective miscellany relating to the game of baseball as it has occurred in, around, and emanating from Cincinnati, Ohio through and upon the occasion of the city's two hundredth birthday with consideration given to the unusual lineup of fine men that have come from within or thereabouts and also to whatever has been extraordinary, original, salient, significant, smart, amusing, or even marginally interesting in the distinguished annals of the game that began professionally in a place that hasn't forgotten it. A graphic tableau of discerning narrative, trenchant photographs, illustrations, charts, arrangements, profiles, anecdotes, witticisms, myths, facts, records, quotes, observations, judgments, and other points of general curiosity to arouse the most sated fan and his next of kin.