Description
A vivid account of the 1964 baseball season, this book follows the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals as they converge on a World Series that marks a turning point for both franchises. The aging Yankees rely on the fading brilliance of stars such as Mickey Mantle, while the Cardinals embody a more open, evolving approach to talent and team-building. Moving beyond the games themselves, the narrative offers an intimate portrait of players, managers, scouts, and owners while placing baseball within a changing America and the broader cultural shifts of the 1960s. Rich in character, history, and insight, it is both a gripping sports chronicle and a meditation on competition, leadership, race, and institutional change.
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paperback
Villard Books
Published Jan 1, 1994
380 pages
ISBN: 9780679415602
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First Published
1994
Language
eng
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