For this portion in October 1964 I began to see the reason why David Halberstam wrote this novel. First of all this World Series and also this season was very special for two seperate reasons. The first being that the Cardinals rallied late in the season and came in to the playoffs playing really well and eventually making it to the World Series. This beng important because it is so difficult to do that even though it is a 162 game season. The second reason why this season was so special is because not only were the Yankees expected to win it with their big names and fantastic ballplayers but the fact was that the Cardinals were so young and full of Black baseball players. Especially in this time period where segration was a big deal and not many people took to the liking of the players (especially the Yankeees who didn't have any). Another reason I think that he wrote this book was because he wanted to show everyone how baseball was like when he was younger and he wanted to show the people that never got to see these great baseball players play. And thats why he picked 1964 to write about because of the great end to the season where the underdog St. Louis Cardinals defeated the heavily favored Yankees in seven games.