Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The Only Game In Town

Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk About the Game The Loved
(The Baseball Oral History Project, Vol.1)
Fay Vincent - 2007 Simon & Shuster

A "sequel" to The Glory of Their Times, good but not as good

It seems that the players chosen for interviews were selected because of what they represented in the days they played.  Negro Leagues, team rivalries, World War II and more are topics that affected the players careers in different ways. 

The accounts are simple and the effect is a trip down memory lane with the players.  It's a great book to have and read but the brevity and wide spectrum of players leaves gaps making one wish that more players had been included.

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