Hey Tony.
In part, you can read about Brown in Fleming's great book, The Unforgettable Season. It's about the 1908 pennant race. I found it an enjoyable read, chocked full of stuff about many of the players in T206. It explains the Merkle incident well.
The Sowell book I mentioned up there has some stuff on Lajoie. Especially about him jumping a contract, moving from one league to another for more money. His former team sued and got an injunction. For a while Lajoie would stay out of Pennsylvania, not making road trips there to avoid their legal system. He'd ride the train to the next city on the schedule, being careful to not get caught in Pennsylvania.
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