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Baseball's pivotal era, 1945-1951 /
With personal interviews of players and owners and with over two decades of research in newspapers and archives, Bill Marshall tells of the players, the pennant races, and the officials who shaped one of the most memorable eras in sports and American history. At the end of World War II, soldiers ret...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
©2015.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1945; 1. Winds of Change; 2. No One Is Qualified
- 3. 1945: Season of Hope; The National League Pennant Race; The American League Pennant Race; The 1945 World Series; 1946; 4. The Mexican Baseball Revolution; 5. Murphy Money and More; 6. 1946: Season of Tumult; The National League Pennant Race; The American League Pennant Race; The 1946 World Series; 1947; 7. Durocher Finishes Last; 8. Jackie Robinson's America; 9. 1947: Season of Fury; The American League Pennant Race; The National League Pennant Race.
- The 1947 World Series1948; 10. Miracle on Lake Erie; 11. Ownership Has Its Privileges; 12. 1948: Indian Summer; The National League Pennant Race; The American League Pennant Race; The 1948 World Series; 1949; 13. Gardella's Folly; 14. A Stepchild in Peril, The Minors; 15. 1949: Pinstripes Prevail; The American League Pennant Race; The National League Pennant Race; The 1949 World Series; 1950; 16. Who Were Those Guys?
- 17. The Great Triumvirate and Other Stars; 18. 1950: Year of the Whiz Kids; The American League Pennant Race; The National League Pennant Race; The 1950 World Series; 1951.
- 19. Chandler's Waterloo20. 1951: The Shot Heard 'Round the World
- The American League Pennant Race; The National League Pennant Race; The 1951 World Series; 21. Baseball Then and Now; Notes; Sources; Index.