The Cincinnati Red StalkingsTroy Soos |
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 11/9/2003 |
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Mickey Rawlings has been traded to another team - the Cincinnati Reds. It's 1921, two years after the Reds won the World Series under a cloud - 1919 was the year of the Black Sox scandal. Now it's summer, the Reds are next to last in the ratings, and the trial for the accused White Sox players is occuring in Chicago. But Rawlings' thoughts have been tugged to a different piece of baseball history - 1869, when the Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first professionally paid baseball team. Oliver Perriman is more than a fan - he has collected all the memorabilia he can from that team. He and the teams' financial manager, Lloyd Tinsley, are planning to open a small museum in Redland Field honoring that winning team. Rawlings meets Perriman when the fan requested some players from the current team help with the opening of the museum. Rawlings volunteered. Unfortunately, two days later, Perriman is dead, shot in the head. Two days later, Rawlings' and Margie Turner's home has a break in. Someone had gone through the cast off memorabilia that Perriman had given the utility player. Now Rawlings is involved. Shortly after that, he is framed for having gambling connections. He could now be banned from playing professional baseball again. Soos brings a popular sport, a historical period, and mystery together in an enjoyable setting. This, and the other books in the series, are best appreciated by baseball fans. The mystery is also well put together. Rawlings to figure out whether Perriman's murder had something to do with the 1869 Red Stockings, the 1919 Reds, or the 1921 Reds. The final solution is clever. The Cincinnati Red Stalkings is a good read. |
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The Series:
Murder at Fenway Park |
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