1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York - Softcover

Spatz, Lyle; Steinberg, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803239998 ISBN 13: 9780803239999

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2012

Synopsis

At the dawn of the roaring twenties, baseball was struggling to overcome two of its darkest moments: the death of a player during a game and the revelations of the 1919 Black Sox scandal. At this critical juncture for baseball, the two teams that emerged to fight for the future of the game were also battling for the hearts and minds of New Yorkers as the city dramatically rose to the pinnacle of the baseball world.
1921 tells the story of a season that pitted the New York Yankees against their Polo Grounds landlords and hated rivals, John McGraw’s Giants, in the first all–New York City World Series. Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg re-create the drama that featured the charismatic Babe Ruth in his assault on baseball records in the face of McGraw’s disdain for the American League and the Ruth-led slugging style. Their work evokes the early 1920s with the words of renowned sportswriters such as Damon Runyon, Grantland Rice, and Heywood Broun, and with more than fifty photographs, offering a vivid picture of the colorful characters, the crosstown rivalry, and the incomparable performances of this classic season.

About this title

About the Author:

Lyle Spatz is the editor of The Team That Forever Changed Baseball and America: The 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers (Nebraska, 2012). Steve Steinberg is the author of Baseball in St. Louis, 1900–1925. Charles C. Alexander is the author of several baseball books, including John McGraw (Nebraska, 1995) and Spoke: A Biography of Tris Speaker.

Review:

"1921 is a well crafted and enjoyable read that is highly recommended."—Bill Lamb, SABR Black Sox Scandal Research Committee Newsletter (Bill Lamb SABR Black Sox Scandal Research Committee Newsletter)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0803239998
• ISBN 13: 9780803239999
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544