Summer in the City: New York Baseball
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ziegel, Vic / Guglberger, Claus, PUBLISHER: ABRAMS, Between , when Jackie Robong>inong>son joong>inong>ed ong>ong>theong>ong> Brooklyn Dodgers, and , when ong>ong>theong>ong> Dodgers and ong>ong>theong>ong> ong>Newong> York Giants played ong>ong>theong>ong>ir last season ong>inong> ong>ong>theong>ong> East, ong>Newong> York basebong>allong> teams appeared ong>inong> ten World Series. ong>Inong> seven of those years, eiong>ong>theong>ong>r ong>ong>theong>ong> Giants or ong>ong>theong>ong> Dodgers vied for ong>ong>theong>ong> championship with ong>ong>theong>ong> lordly Yankees. ong>ong>Theong>ong>se were truly ong>ong>theong>ong> glory years of ong>Newong> York basebong>allong>, when ong>ong>theong>ong> city breathlessly followed ong>ong>theong>ong> game ong>inong> ong>ong>theong>ong> tabloids raong>ong>theong>ong>r than on ong>ong>theong>ong> tube. And ong>ong>theong>ong> "ong>Newong> York Daily ong>Newong>s, ong>ong>theong>ong> nation's largest ong>newong>spaper, had ong>ong>theong>ong> best photographers, ong>ong>theong>ong> best equipment, and ong>ong>theong>ong> best field position to record ong>ong>theong>ong> action, brong>inong>gong>inong>g ong>ong>theong>ong> art of basebong>allong> photography to its highest pitch. Accompanied by an evocative text by veteran sportswriter Vic Ziegel, ong>ong>theong>ong> dramatic photographs (complete with ong>ong>theong>ong>ir colorful origong>inong>al captions), featurong>inong>g such superstars as Robong>inong>son, Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Mickey Mantle, and Willie Mays, ong>allong>ow ong>ong>theong>ong> reader to follow year by year ong>ong>theong>ong> course of basebong>allong>'s most excitong>inong>g decade ong>inong> ong>ong>theong>ong> world's greatest city.