Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging ’70s Audiobook (Free)

The Bronx Is Burning up meets Chuck Klosterman within this wild pop-culture history of baseball’s most colorful and controversial 10 years.

The Main Leagues witnessed more dramatic stories and changes in the ’70s than in any other era. The American well-known culture and counterculture collided head-on using the nationwide pastime, rocking the once-conservative sport to its extremely foundations. Outspoken players embraced free of charge agency, openly advocated medication use, and even swapped wives. Controversial owners such as Charlie Finley, Expenses Veeck, and Ted Turner released Astroturf, prime-time Globe Series, garish polyester outfits, and outlandish offers such as for example Disco Demolition Night. Hank Aaron and Lou Brock established new heights in power and rate, Reggie Jackson and Carlton Fisk surfaced as October heroes, and All-Star characters like Tag “The Bird” Fidrych became pop icons.

For the millions of fans who was raised during this time, and especially those that cared just as much about Oscar Gamble’s afro as they did about his average, Big Hair and Plastic Grass delivers a delicious, Technicolor trip down memory space lane.