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As Good as It Got - The 1944 St. Louis Browns

English · Paperback / Softback

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World War II threatened to ruin Major League Baseball. By 1945, over 500 major leaguers and 3,000 minor league prospects had been enlisted for the war effort, leaving a dearth of talent for the Big Leagues. The St. Louis Browns, like other AL and NL clubs, would be forced to fill holes in their roster with scrubs-4-F players (those dismissed from the military due to physical ailments), retired major leaguers, and youngsters not yet ready to leave the minors. But there were still some top level players to be had, and 1944 Browns manager Luke Sewell assembled the franchises most successful team ever, taking the St. Louis ball club to its first and only Fall Classic.

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As Good as it Got is the story of that unique and memorable season. Author David Heller champions the '44 Browns as legitimate pennant winners, worthy of the same respect given to the '43 Yankees and '45 Cubs of the same era, and offers a wealth of biographical info on the team's colorful cast of characters. He recounts the entire season-from spring training woes through one of the most exciting pennant races of any decade to the all-St. Louis World Series versus the cross-town rival Cardinals. Over 50 vintage photographs highlight the book. Heller has been published in the Washington Post, Philadelphia Daily News, and Detroit Free Press.

Product details

Authors David Alan Heller
Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.11.2003
 
EAN 9780738531991
ISBN 978-0-7385-3199-1
No. of pages 128
Dimensions 176 mm x 232 mm x 9 mm
Weight 304 g
Series Images of Baseball
Images of Baseball
Subjects Guides > Sport > Ball sport

Sports & Recreation, SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History

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