In this Book
- One Nation Under Baseball: How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
One Nation Under Baseball highlights the intersection between American society and America’s pastime during the 1960s, when the hallmarks of the sport—fairness, competition, and mythology—came under scrutiny. John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro examine the events of the era that reshaped the game: the Koufax and Drysdale million-dollar holdout, the encroachment of television on newspaper coverage, the changing perception of ballplayers from mythic figures to overgrown boys, the arrival of the everyman Mets and their free-spirited fans, and the lawsuit brought against team owners by Curt Flood.
One Nation Under Baseball brings to life the seminal figures of the era—including Bob Gibson, Marvin Miller, Tom Seaver, and Dick Young—richly portraying their roles during a decade of flux and uncertainty.
Table of Contents
- A Note to the Reader
- pp. ix-x
- Chapter 10
- pp. 86-99
- Chapter 11
- pp. 100-110
- Chapter 12
- pp. 111-125
- Chapter 13
- pp. 126-128
- Chapter 14
- pp. 129-137
- Chapter 15
- pp. 138-149
- Chapter 16
- pp. 150-155
- Chapter 17
- pp. 156-163
- Chapter 18
- pp. 164-172
- Chapter 19
- pp. 173-179
- Chapter 20
- pp. 180-191
- Chapter 21
- pp. 192-200
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 203-204
- Bibliography
- pp. 205-222