Baseball and Other Matters in 1941 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803264069)

"This is a baseball book, but whether Creamer intended it or not, it's much, much more."-Sports Illustrated. " Creamer] recalls this momentous year in baseball and world history. He reprises Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, Ted Williams's .406 batting average, Hank Greenberg and the draft, the furious Dodgers-Cardinals pennant fight, and the ensuing World Series. All this is portrayed against the looming U.S. entry into World War II."-Library Journal. Robert W. Creamer, one of the best and most perceptive writers on baseball, remembers the baseball-and other matters-of 1941 in a tribute to the game that is also part memoir. Creamer was a long-time writer and editor at Sports Illustrated. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including the following Bison Books: Stengel: His Life and Times, Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat, Jocko, and The Quality of Courage.

Author: Robert W. Creamer
ISBN-10: 0803264062
ISBN-13: 9780803264069
Publisher: Bison Books
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2000
Pages: 339
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.37w x 0.78d