The Sputnik Season: 1957: 1957: The year New York City baseball and America changed forever.

by Noel Hynd

1957 was not just the time of the Brooklyn Dodgers' last National League pennant race. It was also the year when everything changed in American baseball. The major leagues voted to expand to California. A new generation of Black players rose to stardom - Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Ernie Banks, Jim Gilliam, Bill White, Don Newcombe, Minnie Minoso, and Curt Flood. The World Champion NY Yankees of Mickey, Yogi and Whitey still dominated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09YVHM35Z
• ISBN13: 9798814539625
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"