Publisher's Synopsis
Baseball's Origins Reimagined... Complete with Dozens of Player Profiles and Over 100 Illustrations!Forget Abner Doubleday, the Elysian Fields, and the rest of those antiquated chestnuts from the past-Big League Balderdash turns the myth of baseball's origins on its head and replaces it with a fresh, satirical revamp flavored with a twist of biting humor and irony. Follow the game from the mid-1800s as it hurls headlong through its first four decades, beginning as a rustic diversion in a logging camp and culminating with the first-ever "World's Series," a winner-take-all contest between industrialist J. Barron Sterne's prim and proper American Association League and pugnacious National Frontier League headed by chirpy beer baron Pete Schnockerd. Along the way you'll encounter the ballplayers: the swilling, gambling, fighting and bamboozling characters who turn the game into America's pastime. Big League Balderdash is a rollicking tale that's as true as a legend ever is.American Flim-Flam plays fast and loose with our nation's past, offering a fresh and oftentimes satirical take on the paragons of our country's popular culture. You'll encounter dozens of oddball characters and find yourself engrossed in outlandish situations as we look to lampoon our over-glorified heritage. The series, including Vs., Bad Luck Don't Rest and Barnstormin', proves you can rewrite history and have a ripping good time doing it.
