Baseball : The Turbulent Midcentury Years /

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"A history of baseball as a sport and business during the middle of the twentieth century, examining the game on and off the field and tracing its development within the broader contours of American history"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gietschier, Steven Philip, 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
1900-1999
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
Baseball > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Baseball > United States > History > 20th century.
Baseball > Social aspects.
Baseball players.
Baseball.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Prologue: "a grim harvest" (Ernest Barnard)
  • "The ball player Is a fortunate man" (Connie Mack)
  • "So you're the goddamned prohibitionist" (Branch Rickey)
  • "A tyro in the intricacies of organized baseball" (Kenesaw Landis)
  • "The Yankees need building up" (Ed Barrow)
  • "Keen competition throughout the closing month" (Larry MacPhail)
  • "They could never say he wasn't a 'real Jew'" (Hank Greenberg)
  • "It would be best for the country to keep baseball going" (Don Barnes)
  • "A great display of tingling patriotism" (Yogi Berra)
  • "The smiling young man with the $1,000,000 check book" (Tom Yawkey)
  • "Bright colored paper and red ribbons" (Bill Veeck)
  • "Il a gagne ses epaulettes" (Red Barber)
  • "A sound if not spectacular choice" (Ford Frick)
  • "I have long desired to see California" (Henry Aaron)
  • "Henry, don't go out there" (Bill Shea).

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