Good reading for the first page to the end. Excellent blend of baseball and social history. ( )

This book attempts to do three things. First it tells the story of many major league baseball players during WW 2 and their reintegration into the league the year after it is over. Second, it tell the story of Jackie Robinson's first year in minor and major league baseball. Lastly, you get start to finish coverage of the 1946 pennant race culminating in an epic World Series between the Red Sox and the Cardinals. For a baseball junkie this book is five stars all the way. For a casual baseball fan the book is interesting with a hint of overkill. ( )

If you are a fan of baseball history, this book is for you. Robert Weintraub weaves real life in with what was happening in the Major Leagues in 1946.

We see Jackie Robinson start his career in "White Folks Ball" in Montreal. We follow the pennant races in both leagues. We see players who went off to WWII come back and how they get back (or at least some of them) into the major leagues.

This book has over 400 pages, but read so easily.

Maybe not a home run, but a standup triple! ( )