Baseball and Other Matters in 1941

Baseball and Other Matters in 1941"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

"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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: 02/01/2000
ISBN: 9780803264069
Pages: 339
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.37w x 0.78d