New York Versus New York, 1962: The Birth of the by Bill Morales PDF

By Bill Morales

among October 1961 and October 1962, the Yankees and the Mets shared town for the 1st time, their entrance places of work positioned on contrary facets of 5th road in midtown long island, and their enjoying fields—Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds—situated on contrary aspects of the Macombs Dam Bridge. This ebook tells the tale of the 1st yr in their existence jointly as big apple urban opponents. The rising contention among the hot York Yankees and the hot York Mets was once approximately greater than simply video games received or funds earned. As personified by way of Mets supervisor Casey Stengel and Yankees right-fielder Roger Maris, it used to be additionally a fight over the way forward for the game.

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