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<p><b>Fifty years ago, as baseball faced crises on and off the field, two larger-than-life figures took center stage, each on a quest to reinvent the national pastime</b> </p><p>In the late 1950s, baseball was under siege. Up-and-coming cities that wanted teams of their own were being rebuffed by the owners, and in response Congress was threatening to revoke the sport’s antitrust exemption. These problems were magnified by what was happening on the field, as the New York Yankees were winning so

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Author

Michael Shapiro

Publisher

New York: Times Books

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781429952279

Category

sports

Subjects

Memoir, Sports, Anthropology

Rating

3.68 / 5 (105 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14