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- catalog abstract ""Mr. Tofel's re-creation of the 1939 Yankee season makes a strong claim that the Yankees that year may have been the greatest team in baseball history. With Babe Ruth having retired but Lou Gehrig still in his prime, the Yankees in 1939 won their fourth consecutive World Series - and forever established the Yankee legend. The season itself was remarkable." "Mr. Tofel's original work of history anchors the game in the context of American life at the end of a decade of troubles. He notices the fine points: how a fan could get a ticket for a World Series game just by walking up to the box office in October, and how that game would be played in the daytime. And his narrative includes a good many findings that are usually overlooked - for example, that players in 1939 were actually very well paid; that as Gehrig's health deteriorated, manager Joe McCarthy pressed him to end his consecutive game streak; that baseball segregation in 1939 was not so much a Jim Crow system but simply out of mind in an atmosphere of casual bigotry; that Joe McCarthy was probably the greatest manager in baseball history; and why." "A Legend in the Making captures the small moments of the 1939 season as well as the great plays and great triumphs. Baseball fans will find it one of the most interesting and revealing baseball books of our time."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12443231.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""A Legend in the Making captures the small moments of the 1939 season as well as the great plays and great triumphs. Baseball fans will find it one of the most interesting and revealing baseball books of our time."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Mr. Tofel's original work of history anchors the game in the context of American life at the end of a decade of troubles. He notices the fine points: how a fan could get a ticket for a World Series game just by walking up to the box office in October, and how that game would be played in the daytime. And his narrative includes a good many findings that are usually overlooked - for example, that players in 1939 were actually very well paid; that as Gehrig's health deteriorated, manager Joe McCarthy pressed him to end his consecutive game streak; that baseball segregation in 1939 was not so much a Jim Crow system but simply out of mind in an atmosphere of casual bigotry; that Joe McCarthy was probably the greatest manager in baseball history; and why."".
- catalog description ""Mr. Tofel's re-creation of the 1939 Yankee season makes a strong claim that the Yankees that year may have been the greatest team in baseball history. With Babe Ruth having retired but Lou Gehrig still in his prime, the Yankees in 1939 won their fourth consecutive World Series - and forever established the Yankee legend. The season itself was remarkable."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239) and index.".
- catalog description "Pre-game Warm-up: Preface -- First Inning: Before -- Second Inning: March -- Third Inning: April -- Fourth Inning: May -- Fifth Inning: June -- Sixth Inning: July -- Seventh Inning: August -- Eighth Inning: September -- Ninth Inning: October -- Post-game Report; After -- The 1939 New York Yankees.".
- catalog extent "xi, 269 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1566634113 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago, IL : Ivan R. Dee,".
- catalog subject "796.357/64/09741 21".
- catalog subject "GV875.N4 T64 2002".
- catalog subject "New York Yankees (Baseball team) History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pre-game Warm-up: Preface -- First Inning: Before -- Second Inning: March -- Third Inning: April -- Fourth Inning: May -- Fifth Inning: June -- Sixth Inning: July -- Seventh Inning: August -- Eighth Inning: September -- Ninth Inning: October -- Post-game Report; After -- The 1939 New York Yankees.".
- catalog title "A legend in the making : the New York Yankees in 1939 / Richard J. Tofel.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".