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A Legend in the Making
Richard J. Tofel
其他書名
The New York Yankees in 1939
出版Ivan R. Dee, 2002
主題History / GeneralSports & Recreation / GeneralSports & Recreation / Baseball / GeneralSports & Recreation / Baseball / Essays & WritingsSports & Recreation / Baseball / History
ISBN15666341139781566634113
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=CHkTAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Mr. Tofel's original work of history anchors the game in the context of American life at the end of a decade of troubles. He notices the fine points: how a fan could get a ticket for a World Series game just by walking up to the box office in October, and how that game would be played in the daytime. And his narrative includes a good many findings that are usually overlooked - for example, that players in 1939 were actually very well paid; that as Gehrig's health deteriorated, manager Joe McCarthy pressed him to end his consecutive game streak; that baseball segregation in 1939 was not so much a Jim Crow system but simply out of mind in an atmosphere of casual bigotry; that Joe McCarthy was probably the greatest manager in baseball history; and why.