1966: Baseball and America in the Space Age brings to life a year
of transition in a country on the cusp of radical changes in
politics, mores, and popular culture. What was mainstream in 1966
could be considered old-fashioned just a year or two later when the
counterculture emerged as an important societal force; by the early
1970s, standards had loosened further when Hollywood producers
broke free of the constraint of benign storylines in favor of
movies and TV shows with political issues as their foundation. With
the baseball season as its narrative arc, 1966 traces the end of
one baseball dynasty and the beginning of another while revealing
untold stories and offering new perspectives about highly
significant events in both baseball and the country's affairs. The
Orioles shocked the baseball world with a World Series sweep; it
sparked an American League dynasty and ended the Dodgers' National
League reign that had begun after World War II. But baseball's
significance went beyond box scores to establish equality,
fairness, and social justice. In his Hall of Fame induction speech,
Ted Williams used his clout to do what few, if any, of his peers
had done publicly-call for the induction of players from the Negro
Leagues; Emmett Ashford became the first black umpire in Major
League Baseball; and Marvin Miller helped form the Major League
Baseball Players Union, which changed the status of players from
property of owners to free agents with bargaining power. Against a
backdrop of NASA's five successful Gemini missions that set the
stage for the Apollo moon landings, 1966 brings this amazing year
to life. In addition to baseball and the Space Race, it will
uncover massive changes in popular culture. Producer William Dozier
brought a satirical version of the comic-book icon Batman to
television, igniting a superhero phenomenon. Jacqueline Susann's
controversial novel Valley of the Dolls exposed the dark side of
Hollywood with stories about drugs, sex, and mental illness. And
Mission: Impossible premiered in 1966, offering great espionage
fodder for Cold War audiences after James Bond became a household
name in the early 1960s. This book will remind readers of a time
when social progress and cultural revolutions made Americans feel
that the country's promise was limitless.
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