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    <body><![CDATA[<em>October 1964</em> is the story about the two teams involved in the 1964 World Series (St. Louis Cardnials and New York Yankees). As a sports book it's an excellent read, but frankly, it transcends the description of a &quot;sports book&quot;.<br/><br/>Halberstam takes us into the locker room and back i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61107107">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the most terrific sports books ever written (IMHO). There is wonderful kismet in this book in the way that Halberstam was one of the greatest American sportswriters (and just storytellers in general) and that he decided to chronicle one of the greatest series of games in the history of baseba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24347090">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[While the title may lead you to believe that this book focuses on the World Series played in 1964 between the St. Louis Cardinals and the NY Yankees, as all Halberstam books go, it focuses on a much larger span of time, and on much larger issues.  The Yankees of 1964 were a fading dynasty – its be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12120370">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the ultimate Cardinal team of my youth.  I can still go around the horn player by player, position by position.  More than memories, Halberstam let's us in on the cultural changes foretold by the year 1964]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[For me, a fun reliving of the exciting 1964 baseball season.  I followed this on the radio at night while studying during my junior year in high school.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Probably one of the 5 best baseball books I've ever read, and take a peek, I've read a few. Halberstam is a master.<br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great baseball book-- even if it is about the Yankees and Cards...]]></body>
    
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