In the watershed year of 1962, events and people came together to
reshape baseball like never before. The season saw five no-hitters,
a rare National League playoff between the Giants and the Dodgers,
and a thrilling seven-game World Series where the Yankees, led by
Mickey Mantle, won their twentieth title, beating the San Francisco
Giants, led by Willie Mays, in their first appearance since leaving
New York. Baseball was expanding with the Houston Colt .45s and the
New York Mets, who tried to fill the National League void in New
York but finished with 120 losses and the worst winning percentage
since 1900. Despite their record, the '62 Mets revived National
League baseball in a city thirsty for an alternative to the
Yankees. As the team struggled through a disastrous first year,
manager Casey Stengel famously asked, "Can't anybody here play this
game?" Earlier that year in Los Angeles, Dodgers owner Walter
O'Malley launched Dodger Stadium, a state-of-the-art ballpark in
Chavez Ravine and a new icon for the city. For the Dodgers, Sandy
Koufax pitched his first of four career no-hitters, Maury Wills set
a record for stolen bases in a season, and Don Drysdale won
twenty-five games. Beyond baseball, 1962 was also a momentous year
in American history: Mary Early became the first Black graduate of
the University of Georgia, First Lady Jackie Kennedy revealed the
secrets of the White House in a television special, John Glenn
became the first astronaut to orbit Earth, and JFK stared down
Russia during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Weaving the 1962 baseball
season within the social fabric of this era, David Krell delivers a
fascinating book as epochal as its subject.
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