The Victory Season: The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age

by Robert Weintraub

Book Overview

The triumphant story of baseball and America after World War II.

In 1945 Major League Baseball had become a ghost of itself. Parks were half empty, the balls were made with fake rubber, and mediocre replacements roamed the fields, as hundreds of players, including the game's biggest stars, were serving abroad, devoted to unconditional Allied victory in World War II.

But by the spring of 1946, the country was ready to heal. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316205893
• ISBN13: 9780316205894
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.4" x 8.2"