Bridging Two Dynasties: The 1947 New York Yankees
Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), "Bridging Two Dynasties: The 1947 New York Yankees "
English | ISBN: 0803240945 | 2013 | 368 pages | EPUB | 11 MB
English | ISBN: 0803240945 | 2013 | 368 pages | EPUB | 11 MB
Of all the New York Yankees championship teams, the 1947 club seemed the least likely. Bridging the gap between the dynasties of Joe McCarthy and Casey Stengel, the team, managed by Bucky Harris, was coming off three non-pennant-winning seasons and given little chance to unseat the defending American League champion Boston Red Sox. And yet, led by Joe DiMaggio, this un-Yankees-like squad of rookies, retreads, and a few solid veterans easily won the pennant over the Detroit Tigers and the heavily favored Red Sox, along the way compiling an American League–record nineteen-game winning streak. They then went on to defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in a dramatic seven-game World Series that was the first to be televised and the first to feature an African American player.
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