September Swoon

Author:

By William C. Kashatus

Format:

Hardback (Paperback)

Availability:

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Price:

£19.50

Tagged with:

Baseball, Baseball Teams, Race and Ethnicity, Social Aspects, Philadelphia Phillies

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Further Details

• Published: 31st Mar 2004
• ISBN: 0271023333
• Pages: 258

From the Publisher:

Despite being up by 61/2 games with just 12 left to play in the season, with Rookie of the Year Richie Allen at third base, the 1964 Philadelphia Phillies didn't make it to the postseason--they lost 10 straight and finished a game behind the St. Louis Cardinals. Aside from having engineered the greatest collapse of any team in major league baseball history, the '64 Phillies had another, more important distinction: they were Philadelphia's first truly integrated baseball team. In September Swoon William Kashatus tells the dramatic story--both on and off the field--of the Phillies' bitter-sweet season of 1964. Based on personal interviews, player biographies, and newspaper accounts, September Swoon brings to life a season and a team that got so many Philadelphians, both black and white, to care deeply and passionately about the game at a turbulent period in the city's--and our nation's--history. The hometown fans reveled in the player's triumphs and cried in their defeat, because they saw in them a reflection of themselves. The '64 Phillies not only won the loyalty of a racially divided city but also gave Philadelphians a reason to dream-of a pennant, of a contender, and of a City of Brotherly Love.