{"product_id":"bushville-wins-the-wild-saga-of-the-1957-milwaukee-braves-and-the-screwballs-sluggers-and-beer-swiggers-who-canned-the-new-york-yankees-and-change-9781250006165","title":"Bushville Wins!: The Wild Saga of the 1957 Milwaukee Braves and the Screwballs, Sluggers, and Beer Swiggers Who Canned the New York Yankees and Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe rip-roaring story of baseball's most unlikely champions, featuring interviews with Henry Aaron, Bob Uecker and other members of the Milwaukee Braves, \u003ci\u003eBushville Wins!\u003c\/i\u003e takes you to a time and place baseball and the Heartland will never forget.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bushville hits the sweet spot of my childhood, the year my family moved to Wisconsin and the Braves won the World Series against the Yankees, a team my Brooklyn-raised dad taught us to hate. Thanks to John Klima for bringing it all back to life with such vivid detail and energetic writing.\" -- David Maraniss, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eClemente\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhen Pride Still Mattered\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the early 1950s, the New York Yankees were the biggest bullies on the block. They were invincible: they led the New York City baseball dynasty, which for eight consecutive years held an iron grip on the World Series championship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen the Boston Braves moved to Milwaukee in 1953, becoming surprise revolutionaries. Led by visionary owner Lou Perini, the Braves formed a powerful relationship with the Miller Brewing Company and foreshadowed the Dodgers and Giants moving west, sparking continental expansion and the ballpark boom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the rest of the country wasn't sold. Why would a major league team move to a minor league town? In big cities like New York, Milwaukee was thought to be a podunk train station stop-off where the fans were always drunk and wouldn't know a baseball from a beer. They called Milwaukee \u003ci\u003eBushville\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Braves were no bushers! Eddie Mathews was a handsome home run hitter with a rugged edge. Warren Spahn was the craftiest pitcher in the business. Lew Burdette was a sharky spitball artist. Taken together, the Braves reveled in the High Life and made Milwaukee famous, while Wisconsin fans showed the rest of the country how to crack a cold one and throw a tailgate party. And in 1954, a solemn and skinny slugger came from Mobile to Milwaukee. Henry Aaron began his march to history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a cast of screwballs, sluggers and beer swiggers, the Braves proved the guys at the corner bar could do the impossible - topple Casey Stengel's New York baseball dynasty in a World Series for the ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Klima\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250006165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Klima is the author of \u003ci\u003eWillie's Boys: The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, The Last Negro League World Series, and The Making of a Baseball Legend\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley, 2009). His story, \u003ci\u003eDeal of the Century\u003c\/i\u003e, was selected by \u003ci\u003eWhen Pride Still Mattered: Lombardi\u003c\/i\u003e author David Maraniss to appear in the 2007 edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Sports Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. Klima's work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Yahoo! Sports, ESPN.com and\u003ci\u003e The Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e. A former national baseball columnist and minor league radio play-by-play announcer, Klima is also a professionally trained baseball scout who studied with legendary scouts, and is a graduate of the Major League Baseball Scout Development Program. He holds a degree in cultural anthropology and spent his boyhood summers sitting in the outfield cheap seats of Milwaukee County Stadium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45111035232371,"sku":"9781250006165","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7575597d-a724-4b1e-a3ff-22a05beb878c.jpg?v=1781701033","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/bushville-wins-the-wild-saga-of-the-1957-milwaukee-braves-and-the-screwballs-sluggers-and-beer-swiggers-who-canned-the-new-york-yankees-and-change-9781250006165","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}