From the back cover
The Milwaukee Braves were the upstart team in a new big-league city, and the New York Yankees--featuring Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Tony Kubek, Gil McDougald, and Whitey Ford--were the Establishment of World Series baseball. But in an exciting Series that went the limit, a young slugger named Henry Aaron hit .393, and a veteran pitcher named Lew Burdette, pitched two shutouts and won three games, including Game 7 on two day's rest. Recapture a great Fall Classic in which five of the seven games were decided by two runs or fewer. The Braves got help from a smudge of shoe polish and a case of the flu; and finally, to the ecstasy of their newfound fans, won the World Series--the team's first in 43 years and first in Milwaukee.