Baldassaro, Lawrence

This book adds much new detail and perspective to the history and development of baseball. It is a must-read for baseball fans, particularly fans of the New York Yankees. It belongs in all public libraries, and libraries with a local connection to the subject.

This is an almost encyclopedic study of the role performed by Italian Americans in organized baseball in the United States, a story conveyed in a largely chronological fashion, enlivened by vignettes involving some of the game's greatest and most colorful figures...