The Cardinals and the Yankees, 1926: A Classic Season and St. Louis in Seven Contributor(s): Doutrich, Paul E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786446579 ISBN-13: 9780786446575 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - General - History |
Dewey: 796.357 |
LCCN: 2010048301 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.61 lbs) 204 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The two pennant winners in 1926, the National League's Cardinals and the American League's Yankees, were a study in contrasts. The Yankees were heavily composed of first- and second-generation Americans and based in New York, the epicenter of baseball; the Cardinals, on the other hand, were mostly a collection of farm boys playing at the western fringe of the major leagues. But both teams arrived battle-tested, as St. Louis had fought a long, close race with Cincinnati and New York had survived a dramatic late-season run by Cleveland. Their classic World Series meeting went seven games and produced one of the legendary pitcher-batter confrontations of baseball history. |