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Summary: Early days of the "Curse of the Babe"
Review: The details of the games that kept the race tight right up until the seasons end were not as interesting as the behind the scenes commentary. This was baseball taking baby steps across the color barrier. This was baseball in an era when many of the greats were beginning to fade and the next generation of phemons were just arriving. Baseball in the throes of a painful but game saving transition. Halbertstam is especially good at focusing on some long forgotten players such as Ellis Kinder of the Red Sox. Although this book is devoid of the intracacies of the game, it is rich in lore and should elighten both the uninitiated and the baseball afficianado.
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Summary: A Baseball Epic!
Review: The great David Halberstam uses his intellect and flare for a story to write a unique baseball book. He treats the Yankees vs. the Red Sox with all of the respect and awe of the most encyclopeadic account of World War II. Best of all, it is not a typical baseball book, focusing on ERA's, RBI's, numbers, statistics, etc... This is a book about the men who played the game, who lived the game, whose lives were forever intertwined in America's past time. One confuses Joe DiMaggio with Achilles after putting down the Summer of '49. As a baseball historian, only Roger Kahn matches the greatness of Halberstam.
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Summary: Error Halberstam
Review: The mistakes here fill a chapter in one of Bill James' stellar baseball books. Mel Parnell was not a rookie in 1948. Gene Bearden did not win the Rookie of the Year award. Jackie Robinson never stole "at will" when Yogo Berra was catching. And so it goes. Given the inept reporting, this is not a book anyone should take seriously.
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Summary: A Great Baseball Book, a wonderful History Book
Review: This book doesn't just talk about baseball, but explores the psyche of the men who played and formed the game. An incredible history lesson of the times that will give a deeper understanding of just how great and how heartbreaking baseball really is. I am definitely getting this for my dad.
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Summary: A great read
Review: This is a great book about the good days of baseball before free agency destroyed the game. I've read this book twice, and it is one of my favorites. David Halberstam is a great author and I would highly reccomend checking out some of his other books, although I believe this to be his best work.
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Summary: DiMaggio vs Williams
Review: This very easily readable book is about the pennant race between perennial rivals Yankees and Red Sox. Half way through the season the Yankees lead the Red Sox by at least ten games but the Sox make an amazing comeback. The last game of the season will decide who will play the Dodgers in the World Series.... Besides being a beautiful account of the 1949 season it is also a nice biography of all the players involved. An ailing Joe DiMaggio, a young Yogi Berra, a brilliant Williams and Kinder and Doerr. Great names from a great era. With this book Halberstam again has shown that in America serious historians can also write about baseball, America's national pasttime.
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Summary: good and acurate
Review: This was a great book for anyone who wants to learn about the 49' AL pennant race!!
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