We Played the Game gathers firsthand recollections from more than sixty men who played major-league baseball between 1947 and 1964. Contributors range from Hall of Famers to everyday role players, offering candid, up-close perspectives on the sport’s defining decades.

The essays and recollections revisit pivotal on-field moments and off-field episodes—record homers, dramatic final at-bats, the real-life incident that inspired The Natural, and celebrity encounters—while also touching on racial tensions, managerial disputes, and contract talks.

Readers will find lively anecdotes, locker-room color, and sharp, personal snapshots that illuminate both the game and its culture during baseball’s mid-century era.

• Roger Maris’s record season
• Ted Williams’s last at-bat
• Eddie Waitkus shooting and its aftermath
• Joe DiMaggio and Hollywood-era stories

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