{"product_id":"beyond-dimaggio-italian-americans-in-baseball-9780803217058","title":"Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball","description":"Berra, Rizzuto, Lasorda, Torre, Conigliaro, Santo, Piazza. Casual baseball fans--in fact, even many nonfans--know these names, not as Italian Americans, but as some of the most colorful figures in Major League Baseball. Ever since future Hall of Famer Tony Lazzeri became a key part of the Yankees' Murderers' Row lineup of 1926, Italian Americans have been among the most prominent and intriguing players in the game. The first comprehensive study of the topic, \u003ci\u003eBeyond DiMaggio\u003c\/i\u003e is also a social history of baseball, tracing the evolution of American perceptions toward those of Italian descent as it chronicles the baseball exploits that influenced those perceptions.\u003cbr\u003e Lawrence Baldassaro tells the stories of Italian Americans' contributions to the game, from Joe DiMaggio, who transcended his ethnic identity to become an American icon, to A. Bartlett Giamatti, who served as commissioner of baseball, to Mike Piazza, considered the greatest hitting catcher ever. Baldassaro conducted more than fifty interviews with players, coaches, managers, and executives--some with careers dating back to the thirties--in order to put all these figures and their stories into the historical context of baseball, Italian Americans, and, finally, the culture of American sports.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Baldassaro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.39w x 1.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803217058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/10\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2011 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLawrence Baldassaro is a professor emeritus of Italian at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the author of numerous articles on baseball, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe American Game: Baseball and Ethnicity\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of \u003ci\u003eTed Williams: Reflections on a Splendid Life\u003c\/i\u003e. Dom DiMaggio (1917-2009), the younger brother of Joe and Vince DiMaggio, played for the Boston Red Sox for his entire ten-year career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45073517543539,"sku":"9780803217058","price":56.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_5f723a65-cd21-4e56-be27-db176b052633.jpg?v=1780703211","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/beyond-dimaggio-italian-americans-in-baseball-9780803217058","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}