http://www.michael-shapiro.com author of Bottom of the Ninth Fri, 22 May 2009 14:01:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.michael-shapiro.com/bottom-of-the-ninth/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Bottom of the Ninth | Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest Fri, 22 May 2009 14:01:27 +0000 http://www.michael-shapiro.com/?page_id=43#comment-3 [...] Mike Shapiro’s book chronicles a watershed moment in baseball history. He shows how the legendary executive Branch Rickey saw the game’s salvation in two radical ideas: the creation of a third major league—the Continental League—and the pooling of television revenues for the benefit of all. He also captures the audacity of Casey Stengel, the manager of the Yankees, who believed that he could bend the game to his wishes and remake how baseball was played. Their stories are interwoven with the on-field drama of pennant races and clutch performances, culminating in three classic World Series confrontations. (source) [...] [...] Mike Shapiro’s book chronicles a watershed moment in baseball history. He shows how the legendary executive Branch Rickey saw the game’s salvation in two radical ideas: the creation of a third major league—the Continental League—and the pooling of television revenues for the benefit of all. He also captures the audacity of Casey Stengel, the manager of the Yankees, who believed that he could bend the game to his wishes and remake how baseball was played. Their stories are interwoven with the on-field drama of pennant races and clutch performances, culminating in three classic World Series confrontations. (source) [...]

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