@article{470772, author = {Mileur, Jerome M.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/470772}, title = {The stars are back : the St. Louis Cardinals, the Boston Red Sox, and player unrest in 1946 [electronic resource] /}, abstract = {In 1946, as the aftershocks of World War II still trembled across the globe, America returned to its favorite pastime: baseball. In The Stars Are Back, Jerome M. Mileur offers a fascinating account of this storied season and of the backstage battle that would forever transform the game of professional baseball. Mileur begins with one of the most famous clashes in major league history: the neck-and-neck race to the National League pennant between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers. As these two iconic teams engaged in a bitter struggle leading to the first-ever playoff.}, recid = {470772}, pages = {1 online resource (331 pages) :}, }