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Farewell to the Last Golden Era: The Yankees, the Pirates and the 1960 Baseball Season
Contributor(s): Morales, Bill (Author)

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 ISBN: 0786463279     ISBN-13: 9780786463275
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
OUR PRICE: $26.25  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: June 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History
- History
Dewey: 796.357
LCCN: 2011021775
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (0.7 lbs) 230 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
 
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In 1960, Major League Baseball reached a crossroads in its history. Facing a challenge from the Continental Baseball League, the owners of the original 16 major league teams elected to admit new clubs. This in-depth look at that pivotal season--the last played with only the original 16 teams--follows the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates on their march to the 1960 World Series. The trials and triumphs of these two teams reflect the changes, large and small, that came to define the sport in the following decades--surnames on the backs of the uniforms, exploding scoreboards, the increasing impact of international players, and foremost of all, expansion. Marking the end of the Golden Age of baseball and the beginning of the ascendancy of professional football as the national pastime, this historic season witnessed the intersection of the past and future of American professional sports.
 
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