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1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York
Contributor(s): Spatz, Lyle (Author), Steinberg, Steve (Author), Alexander, Charles C. (Foreword by)

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 ISBN: 0803229941     ISBN-13: 9780803229945
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
OUR PRICE: $27.16  

Binding Type: Other - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2014
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History
Dewey: 796.357
Physical Information: 538 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1920's
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Northeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - New York
- Locality - New York, N.Y.
 
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Publisher Description:
At the dawn of the roaring twenties, baseball was struggling to overcome two of its darkest moments: the death of a player during a Major League game and the revelations of the 1919 Black Sox scandal. At this critical juncture for baseball, two teams emerged to fight for the future of the game. They were also battling for the hearts and minds of New Yorkers as the city rose in dramatic fashion to the pinnacle of the baseball world. 1921 captures this crucial moment in the history of baseball, telling the story of a season thatapitted the New York Yankees against their Polo Grounds landlords and hated rivals, John McGrawOCOs Giants, in the first allOCoNew York Series andaresulted in the first American League pennant for the now-storied YankeesOCO franchise. Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg recreate the drama that featured the charismatic Babe Ruth in his assault on baseball records in the face of McGrawOCOs disdain for the American League and the Ruth-led slugging style. Their work evokes the early 1920s with the words of renowned sportswriters such as Damon Runyon, Grantland Rice, and Heywood Broun. With more than fifty photographs, the book offers a remarkably vivid picture of the colorful characters, the crosstown rivalry, and the incomparable performances that made this series a classic."
 
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