A New Season of Baseball

Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season by Jonathan Eig

April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history.

NPR : A Test of Courage: Jackie Robinson's Rookie Year

The Gashouse Gang: How Dizzy Dean, Leo Durocher, Branch Rickey, Pepper Martin, and Their Colorful, Come-from-Behind Ball Club Won the World Series and America's Heart During the Great Depression

by John Heidenry

Seventy-three years ago, the St. Louis Cardinals did what they did only six months ago: They beat the Detroit Tigers in the World Series.
The Gashouse Gang by John Heidenry Chron.com - Houston Chronicle