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Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball
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Author:
Luke Epplin
Publisher:
Flatiron Books
Date:
March 30, 2021
The story of four men â Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige â whose improbable union on the Cleveland Indians in the late 1940s would shape the immediate postwar era of Major League Baseball and beyond.
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Ably researched and entertainingly presented by Luke Epplin, OUR TEAM is a painstaking look at the difficulties in the lives of all these men --- Feller’s 'lost years,' Veeck’s leg amputation following his own military service, and Paige and Doby trying to make inroads in a sport that did not want 'their kind.' But as they worked together for a common goal, many of these differences were set aside..
The majority of the book builds up to the historic win, with discussion of Veeck’s dedication to jazzing up the baseball-viewing experience, Feller’s extracurricular mogul ambitions, Doby’s feelings of isolation as the only Black player on an otherwise white team, and Paige’s disappointment that his talent didn’t seem to be enough to overcome the racial stereotypes of the day and earn him a place in the majors during his prime.
Our Team's story (like Dewey Defeats Truman's) resonates far beyond ’48, and far beyond baseball.
Sportswriter Epplin debuts with an inspirational account of the rise of the newly racially integrated 1940s Cleveland Indians, focusing on four remarkable men—players Larry Doby, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige, and team owner Bill Veeck.
