The Heyday of Willie, Duke, and Mickey : New York City Baseball's Golden Age amid Integration.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cottrell, Robert C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in sports.

Baseball--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.

Baseball.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

This book provides a new perspective on the postwar golden age of New York City baseball. Alongside the Dodgers, Giants, and Yankees and their World Series titles in 1954-56, this book includes a careful examination of the city's Negro League teams and the impact of integration on New York City baseball and the sport as a whole.

Contents:

Nine of Major League Baseball's Original Ten Cities and the Negro Leagues

Baseball in America's Greatest City

The Veterans Return

Postwar Baseball as the Negro Leagues Wither

A New Yankee Dynasty Amid the Boys of Summer and Durocher's Giants

New York Baseball Ascends in 1951

The Yankees and Dodgers at the Top as Mantle Returns and Mays Heads into the Military

Franchise Shift and Wait 'Til Next Year Season, Yet Again

Return of the Say Hey Kid

The Year the Yankees Lose the Pennant, Willie Mays Targets Ruth's Record, the Catch, and Durocher's Team Wins!

The Duke of Flatbush

No More Wait 'Til Next Year for Duke Snider and the Brooklyn Dodgers

The Commerce Comet

Stengel's Yankees Rebound as Mickey Mantle Wins the Triple Crown

A Baseball Era Nears an End

The New York City Dynasty Winds to a Close

Legacies.

ISBN:

979-88-8185-446-1

979-88-8185-445-4

979-88-8185-444-7

OCLC:

1559218957