Full of focus and determination, every player is at his best, and the team is working better together than ever before. But when a bout of chicken pox threatens to overtake the team, will their playoff dreams disappear?

    - A spread of amazing trivia about each professional team- History of the early days of the game- Pioneers in the sport- Photographs of today's stars and the legends of the game- Comic illustrations- High-interest stats, stars, and lists- An appendix that gives a quick primer on the some of the least-known rules of the game