The Game Must Go On

A sweeping study of American baseball during World War II, from the players who enlisted to their replacements and the overall effects on the game. On December 7, 1941, as the battleships in Pearl Harbor smoldered, one of the most powerful athletes in America, Detroit Tigers MVP Hank Greenberg, made a tumultuous decision—to leave the baseball field for the field of war.   His decision left baseball’s place during the war uncertain as more and more ballplayers, famous and unknown alike, put