Not nearly so dangerous as the beer gas...

I saw that.

I became a Honus Wagner fan upon reading "The Glory of Their Times," which is an excellent oral history of baseball around the turn of the last century. It's probably the best baseball book I've seen. It was written in 1966. The author traveled around interviewing all the old-time players before they died off. One of the main themes than ran though so many of the interviews is that Wagner was the most highly respected player of his era. He is known as the best shortstop ever, but he played all sorts of positions. Whatever position he played, he would be the best in the league at that position. He was also a good guy.

Great book: Amazon.com: The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) (9780061994715): Lawrence S. Ritter: Books