Blog #1

I am reading the novel October 1964 by David Halberstam. This book is about baseball in 1964 and how the Cardinals overcame the odds and defeated the powerforce in that era the New York Yankees. While reading the first few chapters I realized the similarities between then and now. For example I have begun to recognize many of the players names and learn how valuable certain players can be to certain teams. Also as I was reading I began to see baseball from the owners perspectives and got to know the characteristics of them. For example in baseball the reason why the American League and National League are divided is because of beer. And in the novel Annheuser Busch is the owner of the St. Louis Cardinals and I get to see how they have changed baseball. Because all the owners were so rich and knew very little about baseball the only reason why they were owners is to make a profit for the thing they own. Also the owners have left a mark on baseball in todays time. For example Mr. Wrigley named Wrigley field after himself and it still remains today. Charles Comiskey did the same thing and the field was torn down only a few years ago. Overall in the novel I have been reading and learning about not only baseball at the time but the long term effects of what the owners have done.