1957 was not just the time of the Brooklyn Dodgers last National League pennant race. It was also the year when everything changed in American baseball. The major leagues voted to expand to California. A new generation of Black players rose to stardom Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Ernie Banks, Jim Gilliam, Bill White, Don Newcombe, Minnie Minoso, and Curt Flood. The World Champion NY Yankees of Mickey, Yogi and Whitey still dominated the American League, but after 1957 New York City baseball would never be the same. There would not be another New York New York World Series for more than forty years.The Sputnik Season tells the story of an historic pennant race through lively detailed accounts of the final, bitterly contested twentytwo games played between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, accounts that will fascinate fans of all eras. 1957 was the final year of the annual intracity brawl between the two teams. It was one to remember and savor. The clubs played each other eleven times at the grand old Polo Grounds, ten games at iconic Ebbets Field and one meanspirited event Marv Grissom pitching against Don Newcombe at rickety Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City. The season would end with one of the most thrilling World Series ever.Baseball historian Noel Hynd colorfully recreates a unique National League baseball season. He escorts the reader back to midcentury America and invites everyone to be present for one of the greatest seasons ever...

Binding: Paperback;360 pages; Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP; Classification: N/A; Weight: 603.08 g; Dimensions: N/A

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