Roger Kahn - The Era

I move on to another Roger Kahn book. Next to "The Boys of Summer," this is his best one.

For New Yorker Kahn, "the era" was baseball from 1947 to 1957 when the Giants and Dodgers were still in New York and New York City ruled major league baseball. This was the era of Jackie Robinson and the beginning of the careers of Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. There was the arrival of Casey Stengel to manage the Yankees in 1949 when the pinstripes won the first of 5 straight World Series

It was the end of the career of Joe Dimaggio. More about Joltin' Joe in later posts.

The Dodgers finally won their first World Series against the Yankees in '55. Willie Mays made that famous catch in the Polo Grounds in 1954. For New Yorkers, this was the time of their lives.