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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
It's a Beautiful Day for Baseball: The National Pastime in the 1960s

It's a Beautiful Day for Baseball: The National Pastime in the 1960s

Kurkul, Doug

Paperback

AthletesBaseball & Softball

Publisher Price: $29.95

ISBN10: 1629672726
ISBN13: 9781629672724
Publisher: K Executive Group
Published: Apr 26 2024
Pages: 378
Weight: 1.65
Height: 0.78 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

Enjoy a fascinating trip back in time when baseball was the undisputed National Pastime and nearly every spring or summer day was seemingly a beautiful day for baseball. An inside look at the sport - on and off the field - and the men who played the game during a monumental decade.


Baseball enjoyed unparalleled popularity in the Sixties. The game was played by millions of Americans while millions more followed professional baseball at the ballpark, on transistor radios and in the daily newspapers. The story lines captured the nation's imagination then and still resonate today. Mazeroski's walk-off homer. Mantle and Maris chasing Ruth's homer record. Wills surpassing Cobb for the most steals in a season. Koufax's unprecedented dominance and sudden retirement. Back-to-back triple crowns. The year of the pitcher. The Miracle Mets.

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