![]() In both baseball and society, old dynasties were dying, mores were challenged, and the civil rights movement was making Americans uncomfortable with a status quo that had been in place since the end of the civil war. Historian David Halberstam chronicled the series and mid-1960s America in his book October 1964. ![]() Louis Cardinals beat the New York Yankees in the World Series four games to three. ![]() I question how true Barzun’s statement is in 2016, but I believe it was true when he wrote it and I don’t believe it was ever more true than it was in 1964, the year the St. ![]() In his 1954 book God’s Country and Mine: A Declaration of Love Spiced with a Few Harsh Words, Historian and educator Jaques Barzun wrote, “Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.” That quote has been memorialized on a plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame. ![]()
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