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Baseball at War
World War II and the Fall of the Color Line
By Gilbert, Thomas F.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-53111-330-1
- Publisher
- New York : F. Watts, c1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1997
Gr 6-Up Gilbert describes, in a very readable style, the rise and fall of teams' fortunes, great pennant races, and the major characters involved along with the controversies they endured. During the war years, retired team members and teenagers supplemented major-league rosters made up of men unfit for military service. After the war, the author explains, players began questioning baseball's reserve clause, and the rival Mexican League's signing of major leaguers helped start the labor strife that sti...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
