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Tumultuous times in America's game : from Jackie Robinson's breakthrough to the war over free agency
- Title
- Tumultuous times in America's game : from Jackie Robinson's breakthrough to the war over free agency / Bryan Soderholm-Difatte.
- Author
- Soderholm-Difatte, Bryan
- Publication
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-9873 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 493 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book provides a comprehensive narrative and analysis of major developments, key figures, and significant moments in Major League Baseball, from the integration of Jackie Robinson in 1947 to the owners-instigated catastrophic players' strike of 1994-95 that cost the national pastime a championship season"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Postwar landscape : the "race question" and "player relationships" -- The Yankees dynastic momentum returns -- Brooklyn's glorious decade of baseball -- Relocation (Braves), relocation (Browns), relocation (Athletics) -- Integration's incremental progress -- Baseball's manifest destiny : the road to expansion -- The first Latin wave -- West Coast rivalry -- The perils of genius : explaining the '64 Phillies' epic collapse -- The (temporary) end of the Yankees' forever dynasty -- Waiting in the wings when the Yanks went down -- Baseball's last great pennant race and the impossible dream team -- Expansion decade -- Let's go Mets : Durocher on the other side of a miracle -- Race, war, cultural upheaval, and baseball in America -- From pitchers rule to the DH rule -- The O's and A's and their winning ways -- The rise of the Big Red Machine and the return of Dodger Blue -- Sparky's hook : anticipating the quality start -- Marvin Miller time : not the (presumed) end of baseball history -- A new boss reboots the Yankee dynasty -- Pennsylvania has its say in the NL East -- 1980s Al East : taking advantage of Yankees dysfunction -- Squandered greatness : the rise and demise of a Mets dynasty -- Red Sox, Cubs, and the weight of history -- How the '80s AL West was won -- Musical chairs in the NL West -- Failure to launch : where winning was a losing proposition -- The Pete Rose affair, the A's 'roid age, and the integrity of the game -- Redefining the end game : paradigm shifts in the role of relief ace -- The consolidation of integration and the importance of Cito Gaston -- Baseball's great divide -- From collusion to Bud Selig's coup (and the eve of destruction) -- The day the music stopped- August 12, 1994.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-9873
- ISBN
- 9781538127353
- 1538127350
- LCCN
- 2018056384
- OCLC
- 1078195163
- Author
- Soderholm-Difatte, Bryan, author.
- Title
- Tumultuous times in America's game : from Jackie Robinson's breakthrough to the war over free agency / Bryan Soderholm-Difatte.
- Publisher
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Soderholm-Difatte, Bryan, author. Tumultuous times in America's game Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019] 9781538127360 (DLC) 2019002635
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-9873