Brooklyn Dodgers Reader

The late Andrew Paul Mele had retired from the Brooklyn Public Library. The author of six books and several short stories, his articles appeared in the Staten Island Advance and the Italian Tribune. He lived in Staten Island.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Foreword by Carl Erskine      I. Warm-UpsIn the BeginningJames L. Terry      The Atlantics TriumphantBrooklyn Daily Eagle      The Fields of BrooklynBurt Solomon      II. Early InningsHistory LessonArthur Daley      Superbas Open Season with a 1-0 Shutout DefeatThomas Rice      Uncle Robbie and the BrooksArthur Daley      Brooklyn v. Boston in 26 InningsRalph D. Blanpied      The Unbelievable Babe HermanJohn Lardner      The First Night Major League Game in the Metropolitan AreaRoscoe McGowen      The Ole Redhead Comes to BrooklynRed Barber and Robert Creamer      When Ebbets Field Was a Bad JokeHarold Parrott      Hurricane LarryDonald Honig      Owen Drops Third StrikeHarold Parrott      Baseball Goes toFrank Graham      Havana:      1942Donald Honig      Warm-upsJohn C. Chalberg      Negro Ace Outstanding ProspectHarold C. Burr      1946: Season of TumultWilliam Marshall      The PetitionHarold Parrott      The Rocky Road of Pistol PeteW.C. Heinz      Hilda, Leo, and Pistol PeteDonald Honig      The Dodgers and Brooklyn's Ethnic IsolationCarl E. Prince      III. Middle InningsBrooklyn,      1947Scott Simon      Jackie Robinson’s First Major League Baseball GameJimmy Cannon      July 18,      1947Christopher Renino      Lookie, Lookie, Here Comes Cookie!Dick Young      Maybe Rickey Is a Genius AfterTommy Holmes      Red Barber's Call of the Gionfriddo Catch, October 5,      1947Radio Broadcast      1948-Leo Crosses the BridgeGerald Eskenazi      Hodges EruptsDick Young      My Life in BaseballRobin Roberts and C. Paul Rogers, III      The Emancipation of Jackie RobinsonMilton Gross      TheAlan Lelchuk      Robby’s HR, Grab Force ’51 PlayoffDick Young      Character, Dignity, CourageMarino Amoruso      What Winning the Pennant Means to BrooklynBrooklyn Eagle      Dodgers Defeat Yanks; Erskine Fans      Red Smith      Brooklyns LoseWilliam Heuman      Walt AlstonPeter Golenbock      Pee Wee Reese NightTot Holmes      Who's a Bum!Leo O’Mealia      Dodgers Champs! Podres Wins,      2-0Joe Trimble      —And Joy Reigned UnrefinedArt Smith      Erskine Only Dodger with Pair of No-HittersTot Holmes      Over the RiverRed Smith      Last Pennant in BrooklynJimmy Cannon      The Man Was PerfectShirley Povich      The Longest NightMichael Shapiro      Jackie Robinson: More Than a BallplayerJ. Ronald Oakley      A Shortstop in KentuckyRoger Kahn      IV. Seventh Inning StretchIn the Cold Gray Dawn of the Morning AfterTommy Holmes      1951 and the Miracle Pennant RaceJames D. Szalontai      The RivalryRoger Kahn      Last ChapterRed Smith      V. Late InningsOverture from the CoastNeil J. Sullivan      Let's Keep the Dodgers in BrooklynSamuel Denoff, William Persky and Roy Ross      Walt, You Can Go, but Own Up as toJimmy Cannon      Twilight of the BumsRobert Creamer      Take Them Away, L.A.!Chris Kieran      It’s Official-Dodgers Go to Los AngelesTommy Holmes      VI. The Last Out30 Years of PerfidyNew York Daily News      How The Boys of Summer Got StartedRoger Kahn      Wreck-Ball Caps Ebbets FieldDana Mozley      There Used to Be a BallparkJoe Raposo      I’m Sorry They LeftRed Barber and Robert Creamer      Appendix: Brooklyn Dodgers in the Baseball Hall of Fame      Index

“highly recommend”—SABR Review; “marvelous...a grand reader...extensive index...a book worth having”—Spitball; “one of the finest collections of baseball writings ever assembled...wonderful history of baseball”—Brooklyn Spectator; “lively, evocative volume...extensive research and legwork”—Staten Island Advance.