One nation under baseball

By John Florio

Subjects: Baseball players, African American baseball players, History, Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Baseball, Discrimination in sports, Biography, Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Baseball -- Social aspects -- United States, Baseball players -- United States -- Biography, African American baseball players -- Biography, Baseball, history

Description: "One Nation Under Baseball highlights the intersection between American society and America's pastime during the 1960s, when the hallmarks of the sport--fairness, competition, and mythology--came under scrutiny. John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro examine the events of the era that reshaped the game: the Koufax and Drysdale million-dollar holdout, the encroachment of television on newspaper coverage, the changing perception of ballplayers from mythic figures to overgrown boys, the arrival of the everyman Mets and their free-spirited fans, and the lawsuit brought against team owners by Curt Flood. One Nation Under Baseball brings to life the seminal figures of the era--including Bob Gibson, Marvin Miller, Tom Seaver, and Dick Young--richly portraying their roles during a decade of flux and uncertainty"--