Teenager On First, Geezer At Bat, 4-F On Deck: Major League Baseball in 1945 - Couverture souple

Szalontai, James D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786437944 ISBN 13 : 9780786437948

Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2009

Synopsis

The Second World War was in the bottom of the ninth inning in Germany and Japan, but back at home the bases were loaded with baseball players, many of them new to the big leagues. While the game's stars traded their stockings and gloves for khaki and rifles, America's leaders believed baseball would boost morale at home.

Teams filled out their rosters with retired stars such as Jimmie Foxx and Babe Herman; with players like Pete Gray and Dick Sipek, whose disabilities had kept them out of the majors; and with teenagers like 17-year-olds Putsy Caballero and Tommy Brown. But while the level of major league talent had reached its nadir, war-weary fans packed the ballparks, eagerly following pennant races as intense as any that preceded the war.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Writer and researcher James D. Szalontai is the author of books about pitcher Sal Maglie, and baseball and World War II. He is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and lives in North Port, Florida.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McFarland & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786437944
• ISBN 13: 9780786437948
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 334
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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