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| June 01, 2005 | Stone, Larry | COPYRIGHT 2005 Century Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

YOU WILL NOT FIND the book (or, more accurately, The Book) on Amazon, no matter how adroitly you manipulate their search engine. Even the most massive Barnes and Noble outlet doesn't stock this tome, revered though it may be.

The curators of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown have done their due diligence, and it simply doesn't exist. Except, of course, in legend and reputation.

"Ah, The Book that has never been written," said Jim Gates, Hall of Fame head librarian. "It's a topic that comes up here all the time: Who wrote this damn book, and where is it?"

The authors of baseball's much-quoted and perpetually referenced ...

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