Full Description
In 1939, baseball's past ran headlong into its future. As the game celebrated its 100th anniversary with the opening of the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, it learned that the legend of the sport's origins was purely a myth. On the field, the veteran players who had saved the game after the Black Sox scandal were slowly giving way to a new wave of players, men who would usher in the Golden Age of the game.
Through extensive research, augmented by interviews with such Hall of Famers as Bob Feller, Ernie Harwell, Charlie Gehringer and Monte Irvin, the game's pivotal season is retold here. The appendix provides a statistical summary of the year.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Unheralded Dawning of a New Era
2. The Hall of Fame and the Origins of Baseball
3. The Teams
4. The Players
5. The Media
6. The Minor Leagues
7. Worlds Apart
Epilogue
Appendix
Index
