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1960: The Last Pure Season

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There has been a trend in the past few years to write books that cover a particular season, and 1960 would be a good year to include in a book. However, I didn't find anything new here. I feel it would be a book more suitable for high school students who are totally unfamiliar with that year in baseball. I was immediately suspicious with repeated misspellings of "Ebbetts Field". This would be an easy thing to check. Also on Page 129 I shuddered when I came across the name of "Johnny DeMaestri". Joe Demaestri, of course, along with first baseman Kent Hadley (neither mentioned) were acquired by the Yankees along with Roger Maris following the 1959 season. The book is filled out with appendices A-E with statistics, team rosters, trades, etc. I'm sorry, but I was disappointed.

A disappointment. I was distracted by the references to "Ebbetts Field" at least three times. Too much space is given to, for example, lists of all the Hall of Famers connected to 1960 baseball. The book tries to give mention to many, many topics, rather than tell the entire year in the context of, say, the Pirates-Yanks World Series or the trade of Roger Maris. (By the way, "World Series" should always be capitalized, as should "Series" when referring to the WS.)

Much of the material is apparently drawn from newspaper and Sporting News accounts of the day, with little apparent content from interviews of surviving players from the day.

Many 1960 Topps cards, a nice touch.

THIS IS ABOUT 1960 WHICH IS THE LAST SEASON BEFORE EXPANSION TOOK PLACE IN BASEBALL. I LIKED THE COVERAGE GIVEN TO TED WILLIAMS, THE PENNANT RACES AND ABOVE ALL THE WORLD SERIES. THIS BOOK WAS BETTER THAN I THOUGHT AND IS EASY READING. MANY OTHER THINGS TO BE FOUND IN THIS BOOK IS TEAM ROSTERS, LEAGUE STATS, TOP SALARY INFO AND MANY OTHER THINGS MADE THIS A GOOD READ FOR ME. I RECOMMEND IT.

In 1960, Ted Williams played his last year and Stan Musial was getting close to retirement. This book tells about 51 great players in the league, a couple of lines about each, and an attempt to start another league in 1960. The story of Mazeroski's ninth inning home run to win the World Series of 1960 is great!