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The Team That Forever Changed Baseball and America
Language: en
Pages: 396
Authors: Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-01 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

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Of all the teams in the annals of baseball, only a select few can lay claim to historic significance. One of those teams is the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, the first
Summer of '68
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: Tim Wendel
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-13 - Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated

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In a year shaped by national tragedy, baseball was shaped by amazing pitching--culminating in a victory by a Detroit Tigers team that faced off against Bob Gibs
Forever Blue
Language: en
Pages: 380
Authors: Michael D'Antonio
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
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Read Michael D'Antonio's posts on the Penguin Blog From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes a revealing biography of "one of the most polarizing figures
Bridging Two Dynasties
Language: en
Pages: 361
Authors: Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-01 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

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Tells the story of how the 1947 New York Yankees won the pennant that year, set a record with a nineteen-game winning streak, and won the first televised World
The Era, 1947–1957
Language: en
Pages: 370
Authors: Roger Kahn
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-15 - Publisher: Diversion Books

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The author of The Boys of Summer explores the golden age of baseball, an unforgettable time when the game thrived as America’s unrivaled national sport. The E