Back Cover – The Best Season – The Challenging Finish The Best Season – The Challenging Finish completes the two book Best Season Series of twenty one Negro League Stars (nineteen in National Baseball Hall of Fame) and four free-agent Major League pitchers with stats from their Best Season in Major league Baseball (Don Newcombe, 1956 Dodgers; Luis Tiant, 1968 Indians; J R Richard, 1979 Astros; Donnie Moore, 1985 Angels). 165+ game season against 375 of the greatest Major League players from 1881 through 1987 season. What makes Book Two, The Challenging Finish? Nine Game Series vs. five of the greatest franchises – Athletics, Giants, Yankees, Dodgers and Red Sox, fifteen All Star Games with twenty-one man rosters (six pitchers per team), Six Team Playoff Series – Black Ball Stars and the five Major League Teams with the Best Record in the Nine Game Series (vs. the Black Ball Stars) and finally a post season California Winter League – fifteen All Star Games with twenty-five man rosters. The Black Ball Stars are a very talented group of players. This 165+ Game Season makes a great What if scenario of what could have and should have happened if Major League Baseball was not segregated from 1887 to 1947. Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier, plays for the Dodgers in the Best Season Series. Bob May has been a passionate baseball fan for most of his seventy-five plus years. He has sixty plus years of experience in playing the best baseball board games ever created. He believes that sophisticated baseball board game simulations are an excellent way to measure performance across eras without losing the play-by-play experience of being at the park and making each managerial decision. Bob’s first book, The Best Season – The First Ninety Games consists of Nine Game Series vs. BravesPirates (combined franchise), BrownsOrioles, White Sox, Reds, SenatorsTwins, Phillies, Indians, Cardinals, Tigers and the Cubs. Be sure to read both books. “Enjoy your box seat behind the Black Ball Stars dugout for 165+ games!”