![]() ![]() Two players dominate a story of such scope: the Yankees' Mickey Mantle and St. In its stead was evolving an era where black ballplayers were becoming an increasingly important part of major league baseball. More importantly, October 1964 is an historical account of the decline of the Yankee dynasty which had ruled baseball for decades. ![]() Louis Cardinals as the two clubs prepared to meet in the 1964 World Series. ![]() It is an easily read, journalistic account of the players, managers, and owners of the New York Yankees and the St. First, and foremost, October 1964 is a baseball story. However, unlike his earlier work, Halberstam's newest book- October 1964-can be understood on many different levels. Louis Cardinals', openness to signing black baseball players benefited them on and off the field, THE CHANGING OF THE GUARDįollowing the success of his first baseball effort, Summer of '49, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam has returned once again to the national pastime. David Halberstam's October 1964 reveals how one team, the St. ![]()
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