The postwar Yankees
Subtitle: baseball's golden age revisited
By: David G. Surdam.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lincoln, Neb
Language: eng
Number of pages: 425
ISBN-13: 9780803217898
Subjects: New York Yankees (Baseball team) -- History -- 20th century
Description: "In The Postwar Yankees: Baseball's Golden Age Revisited, David G. Surdam deconstructs this idyllic period to show that while the Yankees piled on pennants and World Series titles through the 1950s, Major League Baseball attendance consistently declined and gate-revenue disparity widened through the mid-1950s. Contrary to popular belief, the era was already experiencing many problems that fans of today's game bemoan, including a competitive imbalance and callous owners who ran the league like a cartel. Fans also found aging, decrepit stadiums ill-equipped for the burgeoning automobile culture, while television and new forms of leisure competed for their attention."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : what golden age?; title: Those Damn Yankees : dominance and submission in the American League; title: Player movement and building the Yankees : leaving soon from a (small) city near you; title: The game on the ledger : doldrums amid prosperity; title: Changing demographics, suburbia, and leisure patterns : why did baseball attendance fall?; title: Television and baseball : the new technology, friend or foe?; title: Where is Robin Hood when you need him? : revenue sharing in the American League; title: Isn't anybody going to help that game? : baseball attempts to rejuvenate its popularity; title: The major league cartel : keeping out the interlopers; title: The sixteen-headed hydra : the cartel faces the enmity within; title: The Yankees' dynasty : did success spoil the team and its fans?; title: Epilogue : what if the golden age ended and nobody cared?