Baseball Between the Lines: Baseball in the Forties and Fifties, as Told by the Men Who Played it - Softcover

Honig, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803272685 ISBN 13: 9780803272682

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1993

Synopsis

The exciting story of baseball during and after WWII--when clubs still traveled by train, when night games and artificial lighting became commonplace, when the restrictions were relaxed on Negro players--and when the sport began to become big business. Features Jackie Robinson, DiMaggio, and others. Photos.

About this title

Synopsis

"Yesterday's heroes are today's storytellers in this first-rate book that celebrates the excitement, the drama, the humor, and the sheer joy of big-league baseball." - Larry Ritter, author of "The Glory of Their Times". "Honig has a knack for eliciting choice anecdotes from his subjects, and their attitudes and feelings about baseball come through clearly. "Baseball Between the Lines" makes a first-rate contribution to the lore of baseball and fans can't afford to miss it." - "Library Journal". "Those with a yen for baseball nostalgia will have a field day with this book." - "Publishers Weekly". Here is the exciting story of baseball during and after World War II - when clubs still traveled by train, when night games and artificial lighting began to replace hot afternoons at the ball park, when the major leagues finally took on the talent that had been restricted to the Negro leagues, and when baseball started to become big business.

About the Author

Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith (b. 1905 - d. 1982) was an American sportswriter.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803272685
• ISBN 13: 9780803272682
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252