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Breaking the Slump: Baseball in the Depression Era

In the 1930s, professional baseball remained the king of American sports, in terms of both spectators and participants. In an era that saw the likes of players such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Satchel Paige and other legends of the game such as Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis and John McGraw, baseball easily maintained its place as the nation's foremost athletic pastime. In this history, noted baseball historian Charles C. Alexander conveys a sense of what baseball was like in the Depression years and what it meant to millions of Americans who could no longer afford to attend games on a regular basis.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 337
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780231113427
  • Genres
  • baseball, sports
  • Release date
  • 2002