Tumultuous times in America's game : from Jackie Robinson's breakthrough to the war over free agency /: from Jackie Robinson's breakthrough to the war over free agency. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bryan Soderholm-DiFatte.
• Authors: Soderholm-Difatte, Bryan
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (448 pages), (14 illustrations)
• Subjects: 796.357/64; Baseball -- United States -- History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538127360; 1538127369
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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