One Nation Under Baseball: How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime
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Book Information
Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press |
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Publish Date: | 04/01/2017 |
Pages: | 256 |
ISBN-13: | 9780803286900 |
ISBN-10: | 0803286902 |
Language: | English |
Full Description
One Nation Under Baseball highlights the intersection between American society and America's pastime during the 1960s, when the hallmarks of the sport--fairness, competition, and mythology--came under scrutiny. John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro examine the events of the era that reshaped the game: the Koufax and Drysdale million-dollar holdout, the encroachment of television on newspaper coverage, the changing perception of ballplayers from mythic figures to overgrown boys, the arrival of the everyman Mets and their free-spirited fans, and the lawsuit brought against team owners by Curt Flood. One Nation Under Baseball brings to life the seminal figures of the era--including Bob Gibson, Marvin Miller, Tom Seaver, and Dick Young--richly portraying their roles during a decade of flux and uncertainty.