{"product_id":"beyond-dimaggio-italian-americans-in-baseball-paperback","title":"Beyond Dimaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence Baldassaro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDom Dimaggio\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBerra, Rizzuto, Lasorda, Torre, Conigliaro, Santo, Piazza. Casual baseball fans--in fact, even many nonfans--know these names, not as Italian Americans but as some of the most colorful figures in Major League Baseball. Ever since future Hall of Famer Tony Lazzeri became a key part of the Yankees' Murderers' Row lineup of 1926, Italian Americans have been among the most prominent and intriguing players in the game. The first comprehensive study of the topic, \u003ci\u003eBeyond DiMaggio\u003c\/i\u003e is also a social history of baseball, tracing the evolution of American perceptions toward those of Italian descent as it chronicles the baseball exploits that influenced those perceptions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLawrence Baldassaro tells the stories of Italian Americans' contributions to the game, from Joe DiMaggio, who transcended his ethnic identity to become an American icon, to A. Bartlett Giamatti, who served as commissioner of baseball, to Mike Piazza, considered the greatest hitting catcher ever. Baldassaro conducted more than fifty interviews with players, coaches, managers, and executives--some with careers dating back to the thirties--in order to put all these figures and their stories into the historical context of baseball, Italian Americans, and, finally, the culture of American sports.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLawrence Baldassaro is a professor emeritus of Italian at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eTed Williams: Reflections on a Splendid Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe American Game: Baseball and Ethnicity\u003c\/i\u003e. Dom DiMaggio, youngest brother of Joe and Vince DiMaggio, made his Major League debut on April 16, 1940, for the Boston Red Sox. He died in 2009 at the age of ninety-two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 520\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 8.97 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761348641056,"sku":"9780803246201","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f82d3d5a1145c4a90853fa80ef19ff10.webp?v=1780205184","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/beyond-dimaggio-italian-americans-in-baseball-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}