Beyond DiMaggio : Italian Americans in baseball

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Beyond DiMaggio : Italian Americans in baseball

Lawrence Baldassaro

University of Nebraska Press, c2011

  • : cloth

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Berra, Rizzuto, Lasorda, Torre, Conigliaro, Santo, Piazza. Casual baseball fans-in fact, even many nonfans-know these names, not as Italian Americans but as some of the most colorful figures in Major League Baseball. Ever since future Hall of Famer Tony Lazzeri became a key part of the Yankees' Murderers' Row lineup of 1926, Italian Americans have been among the most prominent and intriguing players in the game. The first comprehensive study of the topic, Beyond DiMaggio is also a social history of baseball, tracing the evolution of American perceptions toward those of Italian descent as it chronicles the baseball exploits that influenced those perceptions. Lawrence Baldassaro tells the stories of Italian Americans' contributions to the game, from Joe DiMaggio, who transcended his ethnic identity to become an American icon, to A. Bartlett Giamatti, who served as commissioner of baseball, to Mike Piazza, considered the greatest hitting catcher ever. Baldassaro conducted more than fifty interviews with players, coaches, managers, and executives-some with careers dating back to the thirties-in order to put all these figures and their stories into the historical context of baseball, Italian Americans, and, finally, the culture of American sports.

目次

Foreword by Dom DiMaggio Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: At Home in America Part 1: The Pioneers 1. Ed Abbaticchio: Forgotten Pioneer 2. The Boys from San Francisco 3. Where Are the Italians? 4. The Tony Lazzeri Era Part 2: Arrival 5. The Turning Point: 1930-1935 6. Viva Italia! 1936-1939 7. The First MVPs: Lombardi, Camilli, and Cavarretta 8. To War and Back Part 3: Postwar Boom 9. Postwar New York: The Golden Age 10. The DiMaggio Brothers: Realizing the American Dream 11. Italian Yankees: Paesans in Pinstripes 12. Interborough Warfare: Dodgers versus Giants Part 4: Transitional Italians 13. The Last "Italians" 14. The 1970s and Beyond 15. From Labor to Management 16. Executive Suite Notes Bibliography Source Acknowledgments Index

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