In 1944, the wartime draft did much to decimate the staffs of the major leagues, helping to level the playing field between the perennial doormats, the St. Louis Browns, and the rest of the league. Amazingly, the Browns took four must-win games at the end of the season from the mighty Yankees to win their first pennant and set up the "Streetcar Series" with the mighty St. Louis Cardinals. Also amazingly, the Browns won the first game, lost the second by virtue of two errors, and won the third, before succumbing 4 games to 2. The Browns owned Sportsman's Park, which they shared with the Cardinals. Thus, this was the only World Series ever played entirely in one stadium. My favorite line in the book was from the Cardinals manager, commenting that they would surely win this game now that they had home field advantage. The writing is not up to the level of some other baseball books I've read (particularly "3 Nights In August"), and is sorely lacking in that baseball lingo I love. But it's fascinating reading to its intended audience, a St. Louis baseball history buff. The booksigning I attended was hosted by the authors and some players from that period, although none from that series: Joe Cunningham, Bing Devine, Babe martin and Ed Mickelson. All signed the book, along with the authors and a baseball historian whose name I do not recall and can not make out. ( )