| "In the midst of the Great Depression, America turned to sports for relief. The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals, under manager Branch Rickey, fielded a team of colorful players whose names would echo down baseball history: Leo Durocher, Satchel Paige, Casey Stengel, and Dizzy and Paul Dean, among others. John Heidenry recreates that bygone era, telling anecdotes of players and games, and explaining how Rickey's "farm system" was designed to groom talent and refine the game. America went out to the ballgame that year, and the Cardinals won the World Series..." (from the first line) The definitive and rollicking story of one of the best, and one of the wackiest, teams of all time, during one of the most vital eras in baseball
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