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Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
Alexander, author of a fine biography of Ty Cobb and other baseball books, doesn't strike out with this history of baseball from 1930 until American entry into World War II. But he doesn't get good wood on the ball either. It seems a natural to combine an analysis of the last decade of what some refer to as baseball's Golden Age with such a definitive event as the Great Depression. How did baseball and a struggling nation relate? Did the antics of Dizzy Dean and the Gashouse Gang, the supremacy of the lordly Yankees, and the exuberance of the barnstorming Negro Leaguers deliver fans from their suffering, if only for the few hours of a game's duration? Or was baseball only a diversion, something to be set aside if a choice had to be made between tickets or a meal? While Alexander examines the baseball of the time in great detail and also speaks about the Depression, he never entirely melds the two. In addition, while he offers an exhaustive season-by-season analysis, it feels too much like a laundry list whose format could just as well be a chronological time line. A good overview but not compelling reading, this is recommended for baseball collections lacking other resources about the decade. Jim Burns, Jacksonville P.L., FL
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Major-league baseball suffered through the Depression right along with the rest of the country. Alexander, the respected biographer of baseball greats Ty Cobb, John McGraw, and Rogers Hornsby, examines the game during the Depression era, showing how, despite the overall economic climate, baseball retained its hold on the national consciousness. Alexander examines each season during the era, and if these annual recaps are a bit heavy on details--scores, batting averages, pennant races, etc.--the narrative is spiced with engaging personal stories of the players: the fortunes lost by some stars, the struggles back home, and the personal reactions to the deprivation around them. Also revealing is the coverage of the minor leagues and the Negro League, which pioneered night baseball during this time. A bit drier than Alexander's biographical works, this is nevertheless a worthwhile slice of baseball history for devoted fans. Wes Lukowsky
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Alexander, author of a fine biography of Ty Cobb and other baseball books, doesn't strike out with this history of baseball from 1930 until American entry into World War II. But he doesn't get good wood on the ball either. It seems a natural to combine an analysis of the last decade of what some refer to as baseball's Golden Age with such a definitive event as the Great Depression. How did baseball and a struggling nation relate? Did the antics of Dizzy Dean and the Gashouse Gang, the supremacy of the lordly Yankees, and the exuberance of the barnstorming Negro Leaguers deliver fans from their suffering, if only for the few hours of a game's duration? Or was baseball only a diversion, something to be set aside if a choice had to be made between tickets or a meal? While Alexander examines the baseball of the time in great detail and also speaks about the Depression, he never entirely melds the two. In addition, while he offers an exhaustive season-by-season analysis, it feels too much like a laundry list whose format could just as well be a chronological time line. A good overview but not compelling reading, this is recommended for baseball collections lacking other resources about the decade. Jim Burns, Jacksonville P.L., FL
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Major-league baseball suffered through the Depression right along with the rest of the country. Alexander, the respected biographer of baseball greats Ty Cobb, John McGraw, and Rogers Hornsby, examines the game during the Depression era, showing how, despite the overall economic climate, baseball retained its hold on the national consciousness. Alexander examines each season during the era, and if these annual recaps are a bit heavy on details--scores, batting averages, pennant races, etc.--the narrative is spiced with engaging personal stories of the players: the fortunes lost by some stars, the struggles back home, and the personal reactions to the deprivation around them. Also revealing is the coverage of the minor leagues and the Negro League, which pioneered night baseball during this time. A bit drier than Alexander's biographical works, this is nevertheless a worthwhile slice of baseball history for devoted fans. Wes Lukowsky
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
See all Editorial Reviews
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