{"product_id":"teenager-on-first-geezer-at-james-d-szalontai-9780786437948","title":"Teenager on First, Geezer at Bat, 4-F on Deck: Major League Baseball in 1945","description":"\u003cp\u003e The Second World War was in the bottom of the ninth inning in Germany and Japan, but back at home the bases were loaded with baseball players, many of them new to the big leagues. While the game's stars traded their stockings and gloves for khaki and rifles, America's leaders believed baseball would boost morale at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Teams filled out their rosters with retired stars such as Jimmie Foxx and Babe Herman; with players like Pete Gray and Dick Sipek, whose disabilities had kept them out of the majors; and with teenagers like 17-year-olds Putsy Caballero and Tommy Brown. But while the level of major league talent had reached its nadir, war-weary fans packed the ballparks, eagerly following pennant races as intense as any that preceded the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James D. Szalontai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786437944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786437948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.32w x 0.77d","brand":"James D. Szalontai","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457713156351,"sku":"9780786437948","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95efde6e-60d3-4f35-9afc-7dd55174470d.jpg?v=1777400609","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/teenager-on-first-geezer-at-james-d-szalontai-9780786437948","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}