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David Halberstam | 384 pages | 09 May 2006 | HarperCollins Publishers Inc | 9780060884260 | English | New York, NY, United States Summer of '49 : Halberstam, David : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Even though "Summer of '49" is way before my time, I appreciated it on a number of levels. I learned a lot about the time period, the beginnings of television and advertising in , the difference in the relationship between the media and the players, and the effect of the war on the game and the careers of its stars. I also c I usually stick to fiction, but a co-worker and fellow Yankees fan gave me a copy of this book and I decided to give it a read, and I was very pleasantly surprised. I also came to realize the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry stretched much further back than I thought it did, and learned the origin of "Dropkick Murphy's," which is mentioned in passing in the book. I am very glad I read "Summer of ' Sep 30, Jake rated it really liked it. There are many characters in this book, and each unfold in different ways. The legendary Joe Dimaggio, and his less famous brother, Dominic, have to play separately, even on separate teams! In the final game of the season, Joe must win to get his World check, and Dominic just wants to get to the great . I t took many turns with different teams and different players, before reaching the destination, the season. Mar 27, Jeff rated it really liked it Shelves: history , american-history , baseball. Football and prominence was still in the future. The ballpark was a place where the melting pot vision could be witnessed firsthand. Immigrant children like the DiMaggios there were three brothers who played in the majors were second generation Italians and stars. Then, staring in with Jackie Robinson, African-Americans were included in the roosters. Postwar reached a new height with the thrilling pennant race in the . In the days before playoff series, the top team in each league went to the World Series, and if there was a tie, there was a one game playoff. It was an exciting season in which the Yankees won the pennant in the last of the last game as the two teams battled it . Halberstam, who was a teenager during this season, captures the excitement that came to the final inning. The Yankees win. Halberstam tells the story of this season, providing insight into the financial workings of baseball as well the changes that were taking place. This was a time when players still mostly traveled in trains, but planes were making their debut. It was also a time that most games, which had previously not been broadcast locally, were being on the air and great names were emerging in the broadcast booth, many who would soon become the well-known reporters who overshadowed the previously honored sportswriters. Even television made an appearance during the World Series. And for the Yankees, new names were rising up such as their new , , and their rookie , . Other players who would grow into greatness were also beginning to make themselves known such as Willie Mays whom the Yankees took a pass on due to his race. Although I have never liked the Yankees, I was impressed with their teams discipline and how they instilled hard playing in each member of the team. For anyone who enjoys baseball, this is a good read. Jul 07, MacK rated it it was ok Shelves: baseball. In the midst of a pandemic, I could use any sports writing I can get, and with its author's reputation and its classic setting of a legendary rivalry, this seemed ideal. But, for me, it just didn't connect. Maybe it was a frustration with the cover's promise: "baseball's greatest season", I mean, it sounds pretty good for Yankees and Red Sox, but baseball's much bigger than that , , , , all have a bit more meat on that bone for me. Maybe it was an uneven distribution of ane In the midst of a pandemic, I could use any sports writing I can get, and with its author's reputation and its classic setting of a legendary rivalry, this seemed ideal. Maybe it was an uneven distribution of anecdotes and game telling: gobs of season by in a paragraph while pages are spent on a 's contract negotiations from three years before. A dominant 's story is encapsulated in one binge drinking anecdote, while mid-June blowouts are meticulously documented. Maybe it just felt irrelevant in the midst of our modern world. Though Hallberstam is blunt in his critique of two reluctantly integrated franchises, reading it in the midst of serious explorations of race and justice in the US served mainly to highlight how far in the background it was for the all white rivalry. In all, it was interesting without becoming captivating, which is fine for a lazy summer read. Oct 28, sarah added it. I loved this! Although I'm not a fan of the Yankees or the Red Sox I very much enjoyed reading the Halberstam writes baseball in general, I really felt a love for the game. The whole book was leading up to it, and then Although maybe that was the point. I don't know. Jan 17, Jonathan Liskov rated it really liked it. This was a great book for my taste as well, because it covered not only the baseball aspect of the year of , but also how baseball affected society and the people in the United States during the time, so it doesn't have to be fore just baseball lovers. Oct 21, Peter McCambridge rated it did not like it. Drowning in detail. Dull and hard to follow. The opposite of bringing a story to life. Aug 06, Joshua Jenkins rated it really liked it. A baseball classic. Aug 11, Dave Ciliento rated it really liked it. It was great to learn some background on them. Jun 28, Mike rated it really liked it. The outcome rested on the final game of the season when these two legendary rivals faced off in Yankee Stadium. The topic has obvious appeal for fans of the game particularly to those of us with a stake in this rivalry , but Halberstam offers a narrative that can charm the general reader as well. He tells of a bygone era when the crack of the bat was crisp over the radio and Halberstam tells the story of the American League pennant race between the Red Sox and the . He tells of a bygone era when the crack of the bat was crisp over the radio and many major league players worked off-season jobs. Halberstam periodically describes how mid-century baseball also invokes some of the less compelling traits of American society at the time. Unfortunately, this is when he is at his weakest. Halberstam falters only when he strays too far from his narrative of the season. The motif of sports as life writ small is a compelling one, but Halberstam is not able to deliver on it and his attempts prove distracting. He is at his best when he sticks to the tale of the season, the games, the players, and the fan reactions. For example, reading the account of the final game in chapter fourteen is as close to watching from the seats of Yankee Stadium as is possible. Despite the sixty years that have passed, Yankees and Red Sox fans will find themselves rooting for their teams and following each as if the outcome was still an unsettled issue. Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you. Jun 09, Carol Storm rated it liked it. Great analysis on the diamond -- but off the field a little too stuffy and patrician! And I mean it! Halberstam also gives fascinating background information on the entire organization, the stands, the announcers, the pres Great analysis on the diamond -- but off the field a little too stuffy and patrician! Halberstam also gives fascinating background information on the entire organization, the stands, the announcers, the press, the fans, and the entire world they lived in. The only problem is. And it's not a ballplayer's point of view. It's the point of view of a sleepy, patrician, Anglo-Saxon male of a certain social pedigree, who thinks 1. Or as Halberstam might put it, in his own inimitable style: "It was, Halberstam often thought, an extraordinary achievement for a well-born, well- spoken, well-educated journalist like himself to have developed such a profound knowledge of the game. It was a sport, after all, played almost exclusively by roughs, and sub-literates, many of them toothless hillbillies from the back country or oily Dagoes from the big city. It was truly astonishing, Halberstam often thought, that his own brilliance allowed him to see the heroism in these men's lives. They were no more than big simple children off the field. Certainly Halberstam understood why their salaries had be to kept low, to prevent them from getting into trouble. But on the field they played like Greek gods, like immortals who would live forever. It was only fitting, Halberstam thought, that by celebrating their deeds he would become an immortal too. Jun 15, Cazual23 rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: any baseball fan. I used to go up to Cape Cod every summer. My uncle had this hammock between two pine trees, and I would spend my annual hours swinging, dozing and reading. Summer of '49 was one of my favorite books from that time. My Dad and I would make our annual pilgrimage to The Baseball Store in Orleans, marveling at old cards, and walk farther down main street to thumb through The Compass Rose bookstore's baseball encyclopedia. We also went to Cape Cod League baseball games at night, go Cardinals! So I'd I used to go up to Cape Cod every summer. So I'd be in a baseball state of mind. Halberstam made you feel like you were a beat writer with the Yankees in the hey day of Joe D. I remember lolling in that hammock, hanging on every word, praying for another game winning , or smart play by the great Joe Dimaggio. I couldn't believe that Dom Dimaggio was a Red Sock. And he was good! How could they manage as brothers? I wondered. After all that ferocity between the teams in the pennant hunt every year. I never got to see Joe D. I was sad to hear of David Halberstam's passing earlier this year. There was a sports writer who understood that sports were a vehicle through which to view culture and human life, not just a game. Mar 24, Bethany rated it it was amazing. This was a great read. I personally love baseball and also played sports growing up, so any sports story really gets me and reminds me of the competition and excitement of days gone by. This book was especially good and reminded me why baseball is America's favorite pastime. The pennant race between the Yankees and Red Sox was exciting and Halberstam made it come alive. I loved the way he brought the players' personalities out in the book and really made me feel like I knew them. Not only was it This was a great read. Not only was it an exciting read with the race, but I also enjoyed learning some of the history of the game and the mid 's. Read this at the perfect time, during my first trip to NYC which was to see games at Yankee and Mets stadia, which were torn down at the end of that season. Great weaving of player's lives with the baseball story and historical context of America. Interesting items - it was considered a sign of weakness to drink water during a game, and this was when wearing wool uniforms, also to eat a candy bar or anything like that. Even though the nation only had 3 million TV sets, fans were already clownin Read this at the perfect time, during my first trip to NYC which was to see games at Yankee and Mets stadia, which were torn down at the end of that season. Even though the nation only had 3 million TV sets, fans were already clowning for the camera. Ahh America! Feb 29, Rex Fuller rated it really liked it. But even more so, Halberstam really takes you to America, the way it was before Korea and Vietnam. Everyone should have that at least once. Apr 05, Patrick Barry rated it it was amazing. Despite the sad ending for my beloved Red Sox, this is one of the best baseball books ever written. It gives an intimate look at that exciting pennant race and climatic last 2 days of the season as well as the players themselves. The players were talented. The Red Sox were coddled by their owner, the Yankees deprived by theirs. The book posits that the need for extra money was a crucial driver to extra money. I have the nagging doubt that it might have been talent. Nonetheless a great story. This book was great Of course, as a die hard Red Sox fan I totally enjoyed it. I still believe the last guy to ever bat. It was also fun to see the Dimaggio brothers playing against each other as well. A good book for baseball fans and die hard Yanks or Sox fans everywhere! Mar 16, Nick rated it really liked it Shelves: baseball , non-fiction. What I most appreciated about this Halberstam baseball book was his sense of the ends and beginnings of different eras in the evolution of the game: racial integration, the dawn of televised games, the last seasons of Joe DiMaggio's career and the beginning of the years of Yankee dominance through the s. A great read! Aug 17, Sheila rated it really liked it. Fantastic book for anyone who loves getting lost in the magic of baseball. I throughly enjoyed all the little backstories of the lesser known players except to the rabid or lifelong fan , and would recommend to all baseball aficionados-- especially Red Sox and Yankees fans. Jun 01, Liz rated it liked it Shelves: baseball. I read Teammates first and really enjoyed it. This book was good but went on tangents from time to time that didn't relate as much to the Summer of There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Readers also enjoyed. North American Hi New York. About David Halberstam. David Halberstam. David Halberstam was an American journalist and historian, known for his work on the Vietnam War, politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, and later, sports journalism. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in Halberstam graduated from Harvard University with a degree in journalism in and started his career writing for the Dai David Halberstam was an American journalist and historian, known for his work on the Vietnam War, politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, and later, sports journalism. Halberstam graduated from Harvard University with a degree in journalism in and started his career writing for the Daily Times Leader in West Point, Mississippi. In the late s and early s, writing for The Tennessean in Nashville, Tennessee, he covered the beginnings of the American Civil Rights Movement. At the age of 30, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the war. Halberstam's most well known work is The Best and the Brightest. Halberstam focused on the paradox that those who shaped the U. Later in his career, Halberstam turned to the subjects of sports, publishing The Breaks of the Game, an inside look at the Bill Walton and the Portland Trailblazers basketball team ; an ambitious book on Michael Jordan in called Playing for Keeps ; and on the pennant race battle between the Yankees and Red Sox called Summer of ' Halberstam published two books in the s, three books in the s, four books in the s, and six books in the s. He published four books in the s and was on a pace to publish six or more books in that decade before his death. Books by David Halberstam. Related Articles. His Own Story. The founder of the Momofuku restaurant group, Chang is a chef, TV Read more Trivia About Summer of ' Quotes from Summer of ' When a poor American boy dreamed of escaping his grim life, his fantasy probably involved becoming a professional baseball player. It was not so much the national sport as the binding national myth. Confused as to what's happening, Aggie follows Oscy back, where she sees him having sex with Miriam and runs home, upset. The next day, Hermie comes across the bride sitting outside her house, writing to her husband. Hermie offers to keep her company that night and she says she looks forward to seeing him, revealing her name is Dorothy. An elated Hermie goes home and puts on a suit, dress shirt and heads back to Dorothy's house, running into Oscy on the way; Oscy relates that Miriam's appendix burst and she's been rushed to the mainland. Hermie, convinced he is at the brink of adulthood because of his relationship with Dorothy, brushes Oscy off. He heads to her house, which is eerily quiet. Going in, he discovers a bottle of whiskey, several cigarette butts, and a telegram from the government. Dorothy's husband is dead, his plane shot down over France. Dorothy comes out of her bedroom, crying, and Hermie tells her "I'm sorry. She turns on the record player and invites Hermie to dance with her. They kiss and embrace, tears on both their faces. Without speaking, and to the sound only of the waves, they move to the bedroom, where she draws him into bed and gently makes love with him. Afterward, withdrawing again into her world of hurt, Dorothy retires to the porch, leaving Hermie alone in her bedroom. He approaches her on the porch, where she can only quietly say "Good night, Hermie. At dawn Hermie meets Oscy and the two share a moment of reconciliation, with Oscy informing Hermie that Miriam will recover. Oscy, in an uncharacteristic act of sensitivity, lets Hermie be by himself, departing with the words, "Sometimes life is one big pain in the ass. Trying to sort out what has happened, Hermie goes back to Dorothy's house. Dorothy has fled the island in the night and an envelope is tacked to the front door with Hermie's name on it. Inside is a note from Dorothy, saying she hopes he understands she must go back home as there is much to do. She assures Hermie she will never forget him, and he will find his way of remembering what happened that night. Her note closes with the hope that Hermie may be spared the senseless tragedies of life. In the final scene, Hermie, suddenly approaching manhood, is seen looking at Dorothy's old house and the ocean from a distance before he turns to join his friends. To bittersweet music, the adult Raucher sadly recounts that he has never seen Dorothy again or learned what became of her. Director Robert Mulligan provides uncredited voiceover narration as the older Hermie. Maureen Stapleton has an uncredited cameo as Sophie, Hermie's mother. Herman Raucher wrote the film script in the s during his tenure as a television writer, but "couldn't give it away. Raucher showed Mulligan the script, and Mulligan took it to Warner Bros. When casting for the role of Dorothy, Warner Bros. O'Neill auditioned for the role, albeit hesitantly, not wanting to perform any nude scenes. O'Neill got the role and Mulligan agreed to find a way to make the film work without blatant nudity. Nantucket Island was too far modernized in to be convincingly transformed to resemble an early s resort, so production was taken to Mendocino, California , on the West Coast of the US. Production ran smoothly, finishing on schedule. After production, Warner Bros. The film and subsequent novel were memoirs written by Herman Raucher; they detailed the events in his life over the course of the summer he spent on Nantucket Island in when he was fourteen years old. While writing the screenplay, Raucher realized that despite growing up with Oscy and having bonded with him through their formative years, the two had never really had any meaningful conversations or known one another on a more personal level. Instead, Raucher decided to focus on the first major adult experience of his life, that of falling in love for the first time. The woman named Dorothy, like her screen counterpart was a fellow vacationer on the island whom the year old Raucher had befriended one day when he helped her carry groceries home; he became a friend of her and her husband and helped her with chores after her husband was called to fight in World War II. On the night memorialized in the film, Raucher randomly came to visit her, unaware his arrival was just minutes after she received notification of her husband's death. She was confused and upset, had been drinking heavily, and repeatedly called Raucher by her husband's name. Although both ultimately disrobed, contrary to popular opinion, sexual intercourse did not occur. Raucher admitted this in a interview saying it was mostly holding, but in the movie "We let you think what you want. The next morning, Raucher discovered that she had left the island, leaving behind a note for him which is read at the end of the film and reproduced in the book. He never saw her again; his last "encounter" with her, recounted on an episode of The Mike Douglas Show , came after the film's release in , when she was one of over a dozen women who wrote letters to Raucher claiming to be "his" Dorothy. She told Raucher that she was glad he turned out all right, and that they had best not re-visit the past. In a Scripps Treasure Coast Publishing interview, Raucher lamented never hearing from her again and expressed his hope that she was still alive. Consequently, the book also mentions Seltzer's death, which is absent from the film adaptation. Summer of '42 received positive reviews. In , the film was followed by Class of '44 , a slice-of-life film made up of vignettes about Herman Raucher and Oscar Seltzer's experiences in college. Since boyhood, Williams had the singular ambition to become the greatest hitter in baseball history. Non-stars, though, as baseball fans know, have just as much effect on pennant races as the stars do. We also are introduced to one of the forgotten stars of the era: Dominic DiMaggio of the Sox. Halberstam introduces us to every one of them, the drinkers, womanizers, country boys, city boys, the marginal players for whom will be their only season of glory. He makes us feel an intimate part of the team, traveling with them between games. And at the end of the book, he tells us what has become of them. In his concluding note, Halberstam tells us how enjoyable it was to write this book, to interview his idols, to do research that many would consider fun. Caught up in the more mundane tasks in journalism or Wall Street or the law, they would gladly have traded jobs with me. I could do this all day—and they pay me for it. Homerunweb: Baseball books, stats, and more. 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Baseball was still the number one spectator sport, but professional basketball and football were beginning to gain acceptance. Television was in its infancy. Two baseball strategies that are now common practice were first being introduced: the platoon system and the use of a . The impact of black ballplayers was only beginning to be felt. The men he describes in his book were his heroes, and he lived and died with the fortunes of his favorite players. Halberstam traces the endeavors of the Red Sox and Yankees for an entire year, from the end of the season through During the summer of '49, the two teams staged one of the classic pennant races of all time. The Sox struggled at the beginning, while the Yankees, despite playing without an injured DiMaggio, took a commanding early lead. But Boston chipped away at the lead until the final day of the season, when the two teams met to decide the pennant. Halberstam writes not to create drama, but rather to reveal characters and to give us an extended glimpse of baseball during The Golden Age. He interviewed almost every living member of those teams and several people on the outside—fans, broadcasters, baseball executives, writers, relatives of players—over a hundred in all. The year was , and a war-wearied nation turned from the battlefields to the ball fields in search of new heroes. It was a summer that marked the beginning of a sports rivalry unequaled in the annals of athletic competition. With incredible skill, passion and insight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Halberstam returns us to that miraculous summer—and to a glorious time when the dreams of a now almost forgotten America rested on the crack of a bat. Home 1 Books 2. Read an excerpt of this book! Add to Wishlist. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Members save with free shipping everyday! See details. Product Details About the Author. About the Author. David Halberstam was one of America's most distinguished journalists and historians. The author of fifteen bestsellers, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his Vietnam reporting. He was killed in a car accident on April 23, , while on his way to an interview for what was to be his next book. Date of Birth: April 10, Date of Death: April 23, It mimics the rhythms of life, but never ends. It is played without a clock, which gives you no choice but to out the string. Baseball allows things to unfold gradually. This timelessness calmed me. Royals v. White Sox on a June afternoon. In this newfound spirit, this sudden rejuvenation of love for the national pastime, I went in search of a good baseball book. Because I needed something to read during midsummer tilts between AL Central bottom feeders. Because despite all the great things about baseball — the complex history; the mythic heroes; the traditions; the beer-swilling — the games also tend to be a bit boring at times. That specific things, in so many words, was heaping doses of nostalgia. Spoiler Alert for time-travelers from The battle came down to a final game in which the Yankees beat the then-hapless-now-insufferable Red Sox to go to the World Series. Early on, he establishes a pattern that he follows throughout. Begin with talk of the season, describe a game or a stretch of games, and then segue into mini biographies of the various players, from the legendary, the known, and the now semi-forgotten. In fact, he seemed to stand above all other celebrities. Soon after he retired as a player, he returned with a group of friends to the Stadium to watch a prize fight. He was with Edward Bennett Williams, the famed trial lawyer, Toots Shor, the saloon-keeper, Averell Harriman, the politician-diplomat, and Ernest Hemingway… Suddenly, an immense mob gathered. Hundreds of kids, a giant crowd within the crowd, descended on DiMaggio demanding autographs. One kid took a look at Hemingway, whose distinctive face had graced countless magazine covers. More than thirty years after DiMaggio retired, Stephen Jay Gould of Harvard, one of the most distinguished anthropologists in the United States, was still fascinated by him. He had seen him play in , when Gould was seven. He had been a marine dive-bomber pilot in World War II, flying fifty-seven missions in fighters in the Solomon Islands. But was harder on his nerves. He was both married and broke. He and his wife, Louise, were desperately short of money. They had driven to Florida in the flashy yellow Buick convertible of Clarence Marshall, a teammate who was just as broke as Coleman. I didn't know the outcome going in, but I assumed that the Red Sox would lose. They always used to lose, and their fans were obnoxious and self-pitying. Now they always win, and their fans are obnoxious and self-glorifying. Halberstam is a fine — and well-regarded — sportswriter. And there is a particular beauty in the way a good sportswriter can take game action, which happens in an instant, and break it down into incremental poetry. It is a soothing vision. There are a lot of darker undercurrents beneath the halcyon surface. The difficult process of integration, and the racial tensions as black men made their way into lineups. Halberstam pays call to these topics — he is too good a writer not to — but he is mostly here to continue the myth there are no endnotes, and so, so many of the stories related here seem too good to be true. There is a place for the hard, honest truth, and there is a place for the legend. Here, the legend wins out every time. View all 6 comments. Jan 24, Ted rated it really liked it Shelves: sports , americana , baseball. Although the author researched the book in usual ways, his main research consisted of interviewing scores of people mentioned in the book. Introductory chapters In his Prologue, the author describes the AL pennant chase. According to this was the third best pennant race of the s. At the end, a one-game playoff was needed between Boston and Cleveland, which the Indians won. After the Prologue, the first three chapters untitled, like all in the book form a long introduction to the main story. The Yankees, on the other hand, were facing unknowns. A new manager, Casey Stengel, was taking over the team; their catcher, Yogi Berra, was still an unproven commodity, who had yet to gain the confidence of the starting staff; and most critically, their superstar , DiMaggio, started the season sidelined by a November operation on his feet for bone spurs. The operation had not fixed the problem, and by February the pain had returned. No one had any idea when he might be ready to play, or how well and how often he could play. Early in the spring, the experts were figuring the Yankees and Red Sox as equal favorites for the pennant. But by the time the season started, with DiMaggio now shelved for an undetermined amount of time, a poll of major league sports writers was able to muster only a vote for the Yankees winning the pennant. He takes the reader on a meandering voyage, detouring up a sidetrack, wherever his own interest takes him. This sounds disconcerting, but not at all. Every few pages, there may be a vague reference to a date, or a comment about the standings. So I'll summarize that aspect of the story right now in my own words. The Course of the Campaign In the early weeks of the season the Red Sox had started slowly, while the Yankees, despite the absence of DiMaggio, got off to a good start. But by July 4 , the Sox had dropped to fifth, 12 games behind the Yanks. Then Boston began to chip into the lead. Williams noticed the Yankee were beginning to struggle a bit, as the heat of the summer wore on. Playing constantly in hot, muggy weather became a test of the mind over an unwilling, sluggish body. Sometimes on those suffocating days Williams would feel worn down… Then he would look at the opposing pitcher. The heat, he knew, would disappear for him in the sheer pleasure of baseball. From this point in the season Boston was to go over their final 47 games. On September 1 the Red Sox were in 2nd, 3 games behind. Anecdotes Any self-respecting baseball book would be remiss without a stock of anecdotes, about the teams, players, managers, umpires, - whatever the author talks about. A writer, huh. What paper you with, Ernie? Gags played on Rizzuto included putting a snake in a gift-wrapped package addressed to him; filling his bunk on the train with live crabs; tying a live bird inside a drawer where he puts his valuables while dressing for the game. One gag involved stuffing the glove he had left on the field during a rain delay with thirty night-crawlers. He threw the glove high into the air and did what looked like an Indian war dance. Both teams were incapacitated with laughter. Once , with two strikes on Williams came in sidearm with a cheap curve for strike three. Williams was enraged. Newhouser was a great , but Williams felt that this time he had struck him out by cheating. Inevitably, his next time up, he hit a . By the way. Though there are many anecdotes about Williams in the book, there are few about DiMaggio. In fact one gets the impression that the few that Halberstam mentions are worthy of telling not so much because of what Joe said, but just as much because he said anything. Destined to be locked together in baseball history by their accomplishments in the season. Williams age 22 , the last Major League player to bat over. If he did something magnificent on the field, he was not on Johnny Carson the next night, awkward and unsure of himself, mumbling his answers … Rather, he had Mel Allen to speak for him. He was … the least bigoted man of his time. He could not comprehend judging a player by his color or background. Baseball, he thought, was a universe of its own — a better one, where talent was the only thing that mattered. Gowdy remembered him as the first person in baseball to predict the coming importance of black athletes in American sports…. Gibson — yes, This weekend the Yankees played a two-game series at Boston. They came into the series with a 2-game lead. They left town tied, the Red Sox having beat them and I assume this game was probably a make-up for a game rained out earlier in the season. Boston won again, The Red Sox had their first lead of the season. Now each team had a three game series against a weaker opponent, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. The Yankees played at home against the Philadelphia Athletics, who were actually 9 games above. Each team was able to win, but not sweep, their series. The Red Sox long remembered their loss on Wednesday, when the Senators beat them in the bottom of the ninth. Scarborough was a right-handed pitcher, and he was nothing if not smart and crafty. Not only did he give the Boston right-handers a difficult time, but he was poison to Ted Williams. He could decoy Williams better than any other pitcher in the league… Forty years later Williams paid Scarborough the ultimate accolade: He said that he probably chased more balls out of the with Ray Scarborough than with any other pitcher in the League. Scarborough was going for his thirteenth victory against only eleven defeats. Not bad for a team with a record. He was good that day, giving up only four hits, but the Red Sox hurler, Chuck Stobbs was better, taking a lead into the ninth inning. A short leadoff single, then a sacrifice, then an hit put runners at the corners with one out. Then another hit went through the infield, between third and short, and the game was tied. came in, faced one batter, and gave up a hit to load the bases. Mel Parnell came on to pitch. On his third pitch the Senators tried a squeeze, or a steal of home. Whatever it was, it went awry. It might have been a great pitch, but it broke too much. It was low and bounced wide of the plate. Ted Williams had been held hitless. Now, the final weekend. The Red Sox came into Yankee Stadium, two games left, a one-game lead. Still, Boston only had to win one game to wrap up the pennant. But the Yankees felt confident that they could win two. Halberstam draws out his telling of the final series to almost twenty pages, but not me. Saturday The Red Sox pulled out to a lead, but the Yankees, with 2 runs in both the fourth and fifth , tied it up. came on to pitch for Boston. New York scored one in the bottom of the eighth off Dobson. Saturday night fans streamed to the Stadium all night long to buy tickets and camp out. The game was close for seven innings. Ellis Kinder started for Boston, gave up a run in the first, but then settled in. His opponent, , was a little better, and at the end of seven it was Yanks. Then in the bottom of the eight Mel Parnell and gave up four runs between them, the last three on a two-out bases loaded bloop by Jerry Coleman — a hit that Coleman felt deeply ashamed of for a long time afterward, thinking it had made him an undeserving hero. But that was it. The Yankees had won the pennant, The Dodgers had become a very good team in recent years. In both teams had finished Game 1 was one of the greatest pitching duels that had been seen in the World Series. Both starting pitchers went the distance. was the winner for the Yanks playing at home , giving up only two hits. Don Newcombe took the loss for the Dodgers, when he gave up a lead-off homer by Henrich in the bottom of the ninth to lose But when the Series moved to Brooklyn, the Yanks gradually asserted their dominance, winning , and The Series win was the first for Casey Stengel. And when the Yanks followed it up by winning again in and , it marked the first time a team had ever won three WS Championships in a row. They made it five in a row by winning again in and But space runs short. He also writes about Paul Simon, in , writing the lyrics for the score of The Graduate. He had sought for one song an image of purity in a simpler America. His mind flashed to the great Yankee player. View all 17 comments. Jul 24, Brian Eshleman rated it really liked it. Very much enjoyable. Makes his brief biographical sketches of the people involved with telling the tale of it once a memorable season and a past era. Baseball before millionaires, night games, and widespread television. Well worth reading. View 1 comment. Author David Halberstam transports us back to a time when there were no divisions, only two eight-team leagues. With the end of World War II and the advent of television, baseball was poised to become a major part of Americana. Halberstam begins the book in , a year that featured a three-way battle for the league title between the Yankees, the Red Sox, and the Author David Halberstam transports us back to a time when there were no divisions, only two eight-team leagues. Halberstam begins the book in , a year that featured a three-way battle for the league title between the Yankees, the Red Sox, and the Cleveland Indians. All three teams were knotted with one week to go in the season, and when the dust settled, the Indians and Red Sox were tied and headed for a playoff game. Unfortunately for the Red Sox, they lost the game and had to wait until Like a great novelist, the author fleshes out the players that were part of that season, sharing stories and anecdotes. Halberstam also gives us a fascinating view of baseball and its fans 70 years ago, how America viewed its teams, and the relationship between sports reporters and the teams. The book ends with another exciting finish to the regular season and includes the World Series with the winner, the Brooklyn Dodgers. Halberstam then takes the time to tie everything up in a nice package with a what-happened-to-them-later chapter, a fitting end to a great book. This is definitely a gem for baseball fans. Five stars. View all 3 comments. Jan 04, Pris robichaud rated it it was amazing. They content themselves if they get a couple of hits every day or play an errorless game It's positively a shame, and they are getting big money for it, too. That time saw many of the most memorable and significant events in the game's history: in , Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier; that same year, the second Yankee Dynasty began with its first of ten pennants and eight championships in a twelve-year span; in , Bobby Thomson hit the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" to win the pennant for the Giants; in , Willie Mays made his spectacular World Series catch; in , Don Larsen pitched the only in World Series history. For those of us who are or New York Yankee fans, one of the biggest baseball rivalries in history, 'Summer of '49' explains much of the history and romance of these two teams. David Halberstam brings to us the glories, the rivalaries, the drinking, the social and personal stories of the players on both sides. The subject is the pennant race of between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox which wasn't decided until the last game of the season. Summer of '49 by David Halberstam

Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser. Essential Sports Books. NOOK Book. The year was , and a war-wearied nation turned from the battlefields to the ball fields in search of new heroes. It was a summer that marked the beginning of a sports rivalry unequaled in the annals of athletic competition. With incredible skill, passion and insight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Halberstam returns us to that miraculous summer—and to a glorious time when the dreams of a now almost forgotten America rested on the crack of a bat. Home 1 Books 2. Read an excerpt of this book! Add to Wishlist. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Members save with free shipping everyday! See details. Product Details About the Author. About the Author. David Halberstam was one of America's most distinguished journalists and historians. Plot Keywords. Parents Guide. External Sites. User Reviews. User Ratings. External Reviews. Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. During his summer vacation on Nantucket Island in , a youth eagerly awaiting his first sexual encounter finds himself developing an innocent love for a young woman awaiting news on her soldier husband's fate in WWII. Director: Robert Mulligan. Writer: Herman Raucher. Available on Amazon. Added to Watchlist. Halloween Movies for the Whole Family. Movies I watched. Celebrities Who Were Shot and Lived. Summer Flick or Real Romance? Share this Rating Title: Summer of '42 7. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Oscar. Raucher recalls the summer he spent on Nantucket island in The film flashes back to a day that then year-old "Hermie" and his friends — jock Oscy and introverted nerd Benjie — spent playing on the beach. They spot a young soldier carrying his new bride into a house on the beach, and are struck by her beauty, especially Hermie, who is unable to get her out of his mind. They continue spending afternoons on the beach where, in the midst of scantily-clad teenage girls, their thoughts invariably turn to sex. All of them are virgins: Oscy is obsessed with the act of sex, while Hermie finds himself developing romantic interest in the bride, whose husband he spots leaving the island on a water taxi one morning. Later that day, Hermie sees her outside the local market struggling with grocery bags that she subsequently drops and comes to her aid and offers to carry the bags home for her, which she gladly accepts, and in this way gets to meet her. Meanwhile, Oscy and Hermie, thanks to an illustrated sex manual discovered by Benjie, become convinced they know everything necessary to lose their virginity. Led by Oscy, they test this by going to the cinema and picking-up a trio of high-school girls. Oscy stakes out the most attractive one, Miriam, "giving" Hermie her less attractive friend, Aggie, and leaving Benjie with Gloria, a heavyset girl with braces. Frightened by the immediacy of sex, Benjie runs off, and is not seen by Hermie or Oscy again that night. While they are waiting in the ticket line for the movie the young war bride appears and greets Hermie and asks him if he can help her move some boxes the next day. The remainder of the evening is devoted to attempting to "put the moves" on Miriam and Aggie while they watch the film. Oscy pursues Miriam, eventually making out with her during the movie, and later learns her ways are well known on the island. Hermie finds himself succeeding with Aggie, who allows him to grope what he thinks is her breast; Oscy later points out Hermie was fondling her arm. The next morning, Hermie helps the bride move boxes into her attic, her bare thigh at one point passing by his face on a ladder, and she thanks him by giving him a kiss on the forehead. Later, in preparation for a marshmallow roast on the beach with Aggie and Miriam, Hermie goes to the local drugstore. In a painfully humorous sequence, stammering, he builds up the nerve to ask the druggist Lou Frizzell for condoms. That night, Hermie roasts marshmallows with Aggie while Oscy succeeds in having sex with Miriam between the dunes. He is so successful he sneaks over to Hermie and Aggie to ask for more condoms. Confused as to what's happening, Aggie follows Oscy back, where she sees him having sex with Miriam and runs home, upset. The next day, Hermie comes across the bride sitting outside her house, writing to her husband. Hermie offers to keep her company that night and she says she looks forward to seeing him, revealing her name is Dorothy. An elated Hermie goes home and puts on a suit, dress shirt and heads back to Dorothy's house, running into Oscy on the way; Oscy relates that Miriam's appendix burst and she's been rushed to the mainland. Hermie, convinced he is at the brink of adulthood because of his relationship with Dorothy, brushes Oscy off. He heads to her house, which is eerily quiet. Going in, he discovers a bottle of whiskey, several cigarette butts, and a telegram from the government. Dorothy's husband is dead, his plane shot down over France. Dorothy comes out of her bedroom, crying, and Hermie tells her "I'm sorry. She turns on the record player and invites Hermie to dance with her. They kiss and embrace, tears on both their faces. Without speaking, and to the sound only of the waves, they move to the bedroom, where she draws him into bed and gently makes love with him. Afterward, withdrawing again into her world of hurt, Dorothy retires to the porch, leaving Hermie alone in her bedroom. He approaches her on the porch, where she can only quietly say "Good night, Hermie. At dawn Hermie meets Oscy and the two share a moment of reconciliation, with Oscy informing Hermie that Miriam will recover. Oscy, in an uncharacteristic act of sensitivity, lets Hermie be by himself, departing with the words, "Sometimes life is one big pain in the ass. Trying to sort out what has happened, Hermie goes back to Dorothy's house. Dorothy has fled the island in the night and an envelope is tacked to the front door with Hermie's name on it. Inside is a note from Dorothy, saying she hopes he understands she must go back home as there is much to do. She assures Hermie she will never forget him, and he will find his way of remembering what happened that night. Her note closes with the hope that Hermie may be spared the senseless tragedies of life. In the final scene, Hermie, suddenly approaching manhood, is seen looking at Dorothy's old house and the ocean from a distance before he turns to join his friends. To bittersweet music, the adult Raucher sadly recounts that he has never seen Dorothy again or learned what became of her. Director Robert Mulligan provides uncredited voiceover narration as the older Hermie. Maureen Stapleton has an uncredited cameo as Sophie, Hermie's mother. Herman Raucher wrote the film script in the s during his tenure as a television writer, but "couldn't give it away. Raucher showed Mulligan the script, and Mulligan took it to Warner Bros. When casting for the role of Dorothy, Warner Bros. O'Neill auditioned for the role, albeit hesitantly, not wanting to perform any nude scenes.

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Considering all that has been said and written about this era already, a question arises: Is there really is any value to another book telling us what a legend Joe DiMaggio was, or what a great hitter Ted Williams was, or what a great team the Yankees were? The answer, however, is, yes, if David Halberstam is the writer. Baseball was still the number one spectator sport, but professional basketball and football were beginning to gain acceptance. Television was in its infancy. Two baseball strategies that are now common practice were first being introduced: the platoon system and the use of a bullpen ace. The impact of black ballplayers was only beginning to be felt. The men he describes in his book were his heroes, and he lived and died with the fortunes of his favorite players. Halberstam traces the endeavors of the Red Sox and Yankees for an entire year, from the end of the season through During the summer of '49, the two teams staged one of the classic pennant races of all time. The Sox struggled at the beginning, while the Yankees, despite playing without an injured DiMaggio, took a commanding early lead. But Boston chipped away at the lead until the final day of the season, when the two teams met to decide the pennant. Halberstam writes not to create drama, but rather to reveal characters and to give us an extended glimpse of baseball during The Golden Age. He interviewed almost every living member of those teams and several people on the outside—fans, broadcasters, baseball executives, writers, relatives of players—over a hundred in all. But you can hardly tell; the sections on DiMaggio are as complete as any other section, and they will only add to his legend. The two stars, of course, were DiMaggio and Williams, and Halberstam gives them the most space. Between innings, Bauer noticed DiMaggio watching him curiously and asked if he had done anything wrong. The next day, to humor him, his manager measured the plate—and it turned out Williams had been right. At least one of them would look back upon their adventures during the summer of '42 and recall it with the vivid detail that many of us have about our own childhood For those adults who were once a fifteen-year-old boy or ever wanted to understand them, this is the movie that will touch you. To children who ever wanted to understand male adolescence before the digital world, this movie is a must. Other movies have come close but it remains my favorite flick and I am deeply grateful for Herman Raucher. Looking for some great streaming picks? Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Visit our What to Watch page. Sign In. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. Release Dates. Official Sites. Company Credits. Technical Specs. Plot Summary. Plot Keywords. Parents Guide. External Sites. User Reviews. User Ratings. External Reviews. Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. During his summer vacation on Nantucket Island in , a youth eagerly awaiting his first sexual encounter finds himself developing an innocent love for a young woman awaiting news on her soldier husband's fate in WWII. Director: Robert Mulligan. Writer: Herman Raucher. Available on Amazon. Added to Watchlist. Halloween Movies for the Whole Family. Movies I watched. Celebrities Who Were Shot and Lived. Summer Flick or Real Romance? Share this Rating Title: Summer of '42 7. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4641159/normal_601fe8543ad40.pdf https://files8.webydo.com/9586083/UploadedFiles/B688865A-5DDC-7152-E3F0-CA943410224A.pdf https://files8.webydo.com/9590445/UploadedFiles/650C36A1-4E3E-272D-D6D4-CBAE05556E11.pdf https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4639893/normal_6020f7cb52e3d.pdf https://files8.webydo.com/9591367/UploadedFiles/37CC3357-961D-400D-481A-186F4732E835.pdf https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4640303/normal_601f4e7953a6d.pdf