Baseball and Other Matters in 1941: A

Robert W. Creamer, one of the best and most perceptive writers on baseball, remembers the baseball - and other matters - of 1941 in a tribute to the game that is also part memoir. Creamer was a long-time writer and editor at Sports Illustrated. He is the author or co-author of numerous books, including the following Bison Books: Stengel: His Life and Times, Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat, Jocko, and The Quality of Courage.

Robert W. Creamer, one of the best and most perceptive writers on baseball, remembers the baseball—and other matters—of 1941 in a tribute to the game that is also part memoir. Creamer was a long-time writer and editor at Sports Illustrated. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including the following Bison Books: Stengel: His Life and Times, Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat, Jocko, and The Quality of Courage.

Preface

vii

Cast of Characters

xiii

PART I

Explaining the Obvious

3

(7)

Joe and Ted

10

(8)

The Yankees

18

(7)

A Little History

25

(9)

Enter Larry MacPhail

34

(9)

The Cincinnati Kid

43

(4)

Larry and Leo and Red

47

(10)

Dreadful Year

57

(9)

A Very Fast Start

66

(6)

Ducky Wucky Medwick

72

(6)

Tall Cotton

78

(3)

A Little More History

81

(14)

PART II

Heading South

95

(6)

Farewell to a Lesser Babe

101

(8)

The Adventures of Van Lingle Mungo

109

(7)

Heading North

116

(4)

Hank Greenberg and the Draft

120

(10)

Hounding Hank

130

(7)

Dodgers and Cardinals

137

(8)

Getting Billy Herman

145

(6)

The Redbirds Fly

151

(5)

Slumps and Crybabies

156

(7)

Williams and Feller in the Spring

163

(6)

Roosevelt and the War

169

(6)

The Last of the Daffiness Boys

175

(6)

Death and Revival

181

(12)

PART III

Joyce, Jazz and Joe Louis

193

(7)

The Incomparable Pete Reiser

200

(9)

DiMaggio, Challenging

209

(8)

Williams' Home Run

217

(9)

The Summer Before the War

226

(8)

DiMaggio, Triumphant

234

(7)

The Duel Begins

241

(9)

The Duel Goes On

250

(5)

Showdown in St. Louis

255

(8)

How to Bat .400

263

(10)

General Lear Defends Memphis

273

(5)

Winning the Pennant

278

(13)

The World Series: Splitting Openers

291

(9)

Freddie Fitzsimmons' Knee

300

(7)

Mickey Owen's Boo-Boo

307

(8)

And Ever After

315

(4)

Acknowledgments

319

(2)

Index

321

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Baseball and Other Matters in 1941: A Celebration of the Best Baseball Season Ever-- In the Year America Went to War

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