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02165aam a2200301 i 4500 001 B1EEA440FBB611EE91A57D0E3AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240416010052 008 220721s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2022034428 020 $a 1496235371 020 $a 9781496235374 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Gietschier, Steven Philip, $d 1948-, $e author. 245 1 $a Baseball : $b the turbulent midcentury years / $c Steven P. Gietschier. 264 1 $a Lincoln : $b University of Nebraska Press, $c 2023. 300 $a 568 pages. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 $a Introduction -- Prologue: "a grim harvest" (Ernest Barnard) -- "The ball player Is a fortunate man" (Connie Mack) -- "So you're the goddamned prohibitionist" (Branch Rickey) -- "A tyro in the intricacies of organized baseball" (Kenesaw Landis) -- "The Yankees need building up" (Ed Barrow) -- "Keen competition throughout the closing month" (Larry MacPhail) -- "They could never say he wasn't a 'real Jew'" (Hank Greenberg) -- "It would be best for the country to keep baseball going" (Don Barnes) -- "A great display of tingling patriotism" (Yogi Berra) -- "The smiling young man with the $1,000,000 check book" (Tom Yawkey) -- "Bright colored paper and red ribbons" (Bill Veeck) -- "Il a gagné ses epaulettes" (Red Barber) -- "A sound if not spectacular choice" (Ford Frick) -- "I have long desired to see California" (Henry Aaron) -- "Henry, don't go out there" (Bill Shea). 520 $a "A history of baseball as a sport and business during the middle of the twentieth century, examining the game on and off the field and tracing its development within the broader contours of American history"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20231002. 650 $a Baseball $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 $a Baseball $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 $a Baseball players $z United States $v Biography. 941 $a 2 952 $l OJPC027 $d 20240425163215.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20240416010420.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B1EEA440FBB611EE91A57D0E3AECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search