A Day in the Bleachers
Nonfiction work
By: Arnold Hano
Date: 1955
Source: Hano, Arnold. A Day in the Bleachers. New York: Crowell, 1955. Excerpt reprinted in Baseball Reader. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983, 185–193.
About the Author Arnold Hano (1922–) is a New York City writer and educator who held a variety of positions in his career, including junior reporter for the New York Daily News, editor for Bantam Books, and instructor of writing in both New York and California. He has written numerous books, including many on baseball. A Day in the Bleachers, his first baseball book, was his account of the first game of the 1954 World Series between the New York Giants and the Cleveland Indians.
Introduction
The New York Giants and the Cleveland Indians could not have been more dissimilar teams when they took the field on September 29, 1954, at New York's Polo...
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