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696784The New York Gamehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-new-york-game/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/302396/22d34867-56be-4ae9-942f-e37256eaf42b.jpg?v=638334166140230000184211MXNKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p>A <em>NEW YORK TIMES</em> NOTABLE BOOK Sports Illustrated #1 Book of 2024 A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures and fascinating stories from the games beginnings to the end of World War II.</p><p>"Youre going to beg for extra innings. Without missing a scandal or a sensation, with an eye on how assimilation transforms the picture, Kevin Baker has written a buoyant, double coming-of-age story. "Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize-winning author</p><p>Baseball is the New York game because New York is where the diamond was first laid out, where the bunt and the curveball were invented, and where the home run was hit. Its where the games first stars were born, and where everyone came to play or watch the game. With nuance and depth, historian Kevin Baker brings this all vividly back to life: the still-controversial, indelible momentsDid the Babe call his shot? Was Merkle out? Did they fix the 1919 World Series? Here are all the legendary players, managers, and owners, in all their vivid, complicated humanity, on and off the field.</p><p>In Bakers hands the city and the game emerge from the murk of nineteenth-century American lifedriven by visionaries and fixers, heroes and gangsters. He details how New York and its favorite sport came to mirror one another, expanding, bumbling through catastrophe and corruption, and rising out of these trials stronger than ever.</p><p>From the first innings played in vacant lots and tavern yards in the 1820s; to the canny innovations that created the very first sports league; to the superb Hispanic and Black players who invented their own version of the game when white baseball sought to exclude them. And all amidst New Yorks own, incredible evolution from a raw, riotous town to a new world city. The New York Game is a riveting, rollicking, brilliant ode to Americas beloved pastime and to its indomitable city of origin.</p>...695062The New York Game184211https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-new-york-game/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/302396/22d34867-56be-4ae9-942f-e37256eaf42b.jpg?v=638334166140230000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249780593537893_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_<p><strong>A hugely entertaining history of baseball in New York City, bursting with bigger than life figures, and long-forgotten heroes, spanning the games founding to the early 1940s</strong></p><p>Baseball is the New York game because the city is where the white lines were first drawn, where a bunt was first laid, and where the curve ball was first thrown. Its also where the superstars first emerged, and where social progress in the sport was first made. With nuance and depth, historian Kevin Baker brings this all back to life: the games World Series in 1905, 1919, 1932; the players Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig; the coaches and managers John McGraw, Foxy Ned Hanlon, Clark Griffith; and even the writers, reporters, and spectators. The result is a portrait of baseballs most transformative years amidst New York Citys evolution from a heaving, stinking, fantastic city to a global capital.</p><p>No one is better placed to write this book than Baker, a life-long Yankee fan, beloved historical novelist, and part-time historian to the city that doesnt sleep. In his hands the city and game emerge from the murk of nineteenth century American life together driven by big personalities and gangsters, but ultimately requiring regulation and organization. Baker details how the game and New York came to mirror one another, growing and expanding, bumbling through the sociopolitical concerns of the day, and rising out of these trials stronger than before.</p><p>From the establishment of the New York Knickerbockers Base Ball Club by a young Manhattan shipping clerk in 1846; to the shrewd financial investments that spread the game nationally, resulting in the first professional league; to the fan loyalty that skyrocketed at the turn of the century; to local investment in teams of Hispanic and Black players, trailblazers for the breaking of the color line; to the pressures of multiple world wars, <em>The New York Game</em> is at once a fascinating and comprehensive account of baseball. Long-forgotten legends finally get their due. <em>The New York Game</em> is an ode to the game of baseball and its city of origin.</p>...(*_*)9780593537893_<p><em>The New York Times Book Review</em> Editors Choice A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures and fascinating stories from the games beginnings to the end of World War II.</p><p>"Youre going to beg for extra innings. Without missing a scandal or a sensation, with an eye on how assimilation transforms the picture, Kevin Baker has written a buoyant, double coming-of-age story. "Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize-winning author</p><p>Baseball is the New York game because New York is where the diamond was first laid out, where the bunt and the curveball were invented, and where the home run was hit. Its where the games first stars were born, and where everyone came to play or watch the game. With nuance and depth, historian Kevin Baker brings this all vividly back to life: the still-controversial, indelible momentsDid the Babe call his shot? Was Merkle out? Did they fix the 1919 World Series? Here are all the legendary players, managers, and owners, in all their vivid, complicated humanity, on and off the field.</p><p>In Bakers hands the city and the game emerge from the murk of nineteenth-century American lifedriven by visionaries and fixers, heroes and gangsters. He details how New York and its favorite sport came to mirror one another, expanding, bumbling through catastrophe and corruption, and rising out of these trials stronger than ever.</p><p>From the first innings played in vacant lots and tavern yards in the 1820s; to the canny innovations that created the very first sports league; to the superb Hispanic and Black players who invented their own version of the game when white baseball sought to exclude them. And all amidst New Yorks own, incredible evolution from a raw, riotous town to a new world city. The New York Game is a riveting, rollicking, brilliant ode to Americas beloved pastime and to its indomitable city of origin.</p>...(*_*)9780593537893_<p>A <em>NEW YORK TIMES</em> NOTABLE BOOK Sports Illustrated #1 Book of 2024 A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures and fascinating stories from the games beginnings to the end of World War II.</p><p>"Youre going to beg for extra innings. Without missing a scandal or a sensation, with an eye on how assimilation transforms the picture, Kevin Baker has written a buoyant, double coming-of-age story. "Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize-winning author</p><p>Baseball is the New York game because New York is where the diamond was first laid out, where the bunt and the curveball were invented, and where the home run was hit. Its where the games first stars were born, and where everyone came to play or watch the game. With nuance and depth, historian Kevin Baker brings this all vividly back to life: the still-controversial, indelible momentsDid the Babe call his shot? Was Merkle out? Did they fix the 1919 World Series? Here are all the legendary players, managers, and owners, in all their vivid, complicated humanity, on and off the field.</p><p>In Bakers hands the city and the game emerge from the murk of nineteenth-century American lifedriven by visionaries and fixers, heroes and gangsters. He details how New York and its favorite sport came to mirror one another, expanding, bumbling through catastrophe and corruption, and rising out of these trials stronger than ever.</p><p>From the first innings played in vacant lots and tavern yards in the 1820s; to the canny innovations that created the very first sports league; to the superb Hispanic and Black players who invented their own version of the game when white baseball sought to exclude them. And all amidst New Yorks own, incredible evolution from a raw, riotous town to a new world city. The New York Game is a riveting, rollicking, brilliant ode to Americas beloved pastime and to its indomitable city of origin.</p>...9780593537893_Knopf Doubleday Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_bf92ba19-8256-3ae8-8754-d644073f539a_9780593537893;9780593537893_9780593537893Kevin BakerInglésMéxico2024-03-05T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-8b084a2c-ec77-4e98-be43-f056900992e1.epub2024-03-05T00:00:00+00:00Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group