One Nation Under Baseball

Reviews / Votes

"One Nation Under Baseball . . . looks at how the turmoil of the 1960s sowed the seeds for today's game. A recurrent theme is ballplayers' fight for higher wages, and when the labor lawyer Marvin Miller was hired in 1966 to lead the players' union, it was all over but the court filing: The Curt Flood case taking on baseball's reserve clause would eventually lead to free agency. This excellent read also covers race relations and other social issues, as well as the decade's most memorable teams, players and events."-Daniel M. Gold, New York Times "Careful, pointed writing shows us that professional sports should not be viewed in isolation from the society in which they function."-Kirkus "One great story after another. Mickey Mantle. Muhammad Ali. Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. Martin Luther King. The moon landing. Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please!"-Jim Bouton, author of Ball Four
"A riveting account."-Allen Barra, Dallas News "A brilliant history, both of baseball and our nation."-Bob Mayberry, Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine "A compelling account of how many of the major cultural challenges and social upheavals during the 1960s interacted with Major League Baseball."-Joseph L. Price, ARETE "An important inside historical account of baseball's awakening amid the social change in America in the '60s. Florio and Shapiro cover it all in riveting and incisive fashion, from the press box to the baseball boardrooms, the clubhouse, and the courthouse."-Bill Madden, Hall of Fame baseball writer
"Florio and Shapiro have captured the essence of the decade offering some compelling stories of the events and people."-Richard Crepeau, New York Journal of Books "This well-researched and -referenced book is a very enjoyable read. Everybody who is interested in knowing and understanding the history of baseball and race relations in America must read it."-Washington Book Review