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Bottom of the Ninth: Branch Rickey, Casey Stengel, and the Daring Scheme to Save Baseball from Itself
Bottom of the Ninth Branch Rickey Casey Stengel and the Daring Scheme to Save Baseball from Itself
Author: Michael Shapiro
Fifty years ago, as baseball faced crises on and off the field, two larger-than-life figures took center stage, each on a quest to reinvent the national pastime In the late 1950s, baseball was under siege. Up-and-coming cities that wanted teams of their own were being rebuffed by the owners, and in response Congress was threatening to rev...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780805082470
ISBN-10: 0805082476
Publication Date: 5/12/2009
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Times Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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