Description In Tumultuous Times in America\'s Game: From Jackie Robinson\'s Breakthrough to the War Over Free Agency, Bryan Soderholm-Difatte provides a comprehensive examination of major developments and key figures in Major League Baseball From the integration of Jackie Robinson in 1947 to the owners-instigated catastrophic players\' strike of 1994-95.
He is the author of The Golden Era of Major League Baseball: A Time of Transition and Integration (2015) and America\'s Game: A History of Major League Baseball through World War II (2017), both published by Rowman & Littlefield..
He is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and a regular contributor to The Baseball Research Journal.
About the Author Bryan Soderholm-Difatte is a former senior analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Counterterrorism Center.
Recaps of several of baseball\'s most exciting pennant races round out the narrative, making this book a valuable read for fans and historians of the national pastime.
Tumultuous Times in America\'s Game includes histories of each of the major league franchises, presented alongside Soderholm-Difatte\'s detailed examination of the controversies, developments, and innovations From these significant decades in professional baseball.
While many fans will recall those decades with fond remembrances of the baseball stars who played then--From Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, and Willie Mays to Roberto Clemente, Pete Rose, Reggie Jackson, and Cal Ripken--they were also a time of substantial challenges that upended more than half a century of tradition that was the backbone of the major leagues.
Description In Tumultuous Times in America\'s Game: From Jackie Robinson\'s Breakthrough to the War Over Free Agency, Bryan Soderholm-Difatte provides a comprehensive examination of major developments and key figures in Major League Baseball From the integration of Jackie Robinson in 1947 to the owners-instigated catastrophic players\' strike of 1994-95
