Early in the history of America's favorite pastime, trading baseball
players was almost as easy as trading baseball cards. This was before
the end of the reserve clause and the advent of arbitration, free
agency, gargantuan salaries, and no-trade contracts. Fran Zimniuch takes
an in-depth look at trading throughout the years, profiling many of
infamous players who teams regrettably traded and getting insiders'
perspectives from the general managers and the players themselves. With
a foreword by former general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers Fred
Claire, Going, Going, Gone is a must-read for baseball fans.