{"product_id":"the-pastime-in-turbulence-interviews-with-baseball-players-of-the-1940s-9780786409754","title":"The Pastime in Turbulence: Interviews with Baseball Players of the 1940s","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Brent Kelley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Baseball - History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The 1940s were years of change in the world of baseball. Minor league free agents were introduced to the game in 1940 by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis; Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941 and player after player left to join the war effort with players both below and well above draft age completing the rosters; 1946 marked the first time that two National League teams, the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers, were tied for first place, forcing a best two-out-of three series; 1947 brought racial integration, with Jackie Robinson taking the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers; and the American League saw its own tie for first place in 1948 between the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox, which was played out in a one-game playoff. This work focuses on 27 players of the 1940s, guys--like Gene Thompson, Elmer Valo, Damon Phillips, Joe Cleary, and Cliff Chambers--who witnessed these changes and firsts personally. The players interviewed for this work had different experiences in the major leagues--some experienced long careers and benefited from the changes while others did not--and they come from diverse backgrounds as well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46896101556375,"sku":"9780786409754","price":3729.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786409754.webp?v=1770356856","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-pastime-in-turbulence-interviews-with-baseball-players-of-the-1940s-9780786409754","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}