The Stars Are Back : The St. Louis Cardinals, the Boston Red Sox, and Player Unrest in 1946 /

In 1946, as the aftershocks of World War II still trembled across the globe, America returned to its favorite pastime: baseball. In this book, the author offers an account of this storied season and of the backstage battle that would forever transform the game of professional baseball. The author be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mileur, Jerome M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Baseball > Social aspects.
Baseball players.
Baseball.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
Joueurs de base-ball > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Base-ball > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Baseball players > United States > History > 20th century.
Baseball > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Baseball > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From foxhole to dugout
  • Peace is hell
  • The boys come marching home
  • What may be
  • Moving up, and out
  • Of barristers and baseball
  • The swoons in June
  • Midsummer dreams
  • Hardball on and off the diamond
  • The travails of travel
  • Dog days and vacation time
  • Into the stretch
  • To the wire and beyond
  • Seeing red : birds and sox
  • 1946 and beyond.

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