The Pastime in Turbulence: Interviews with Baseball Players of the 1940s

by Brent Kelley

The 1940s were years of change in the world of baseball. Minor league free agents were introduced to the game in 1940 by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis; Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941 and player after player left to join the war effort with players both below and well above draft age completing the rosters; 1946 marked the first time that two National League teams, the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers, were tied for first place,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786409754
• ISBN13: 9780786409754
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher