num_pages: 672
description: The inside story of the best years of baseball history -- as told by the men who played the game 1947-1964. It was a fascinating era which began when Jackie Robinson &amp; Larry Doby pioneered baseball integration; &amp; it ended when the N.Y. Yankees lost their dominance of the game. This was the era of Yogi Berra Mickey Mantle Roy Campanella &amp; for the first time baseball games were televised -- live. The collective voices of 65 ballplayers tell the story of the era: from pitching no-hitters &amp; arguing with managers to alcoholism groupies race problems salary negotiations &amp; fights on &amp; off the field. This volume tells the real story of a wonderful era of baseball history -- in the words of the only men who could tell it those who made it live for us. Photos.
language: English
title: We Played the Game: 65 Players Remember Baseball's Greatest Era, 1947-1964
publisher: Hyperion