Dodgers!

An Informal History from Flatbush to Chavez Ravine

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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In the 1880s, a Brooklyn baseball manager plotted to steal pitching signs and alert batters with a hidden electrical wire. In 1951, the Brooklyn Dodgers were robbed of a pennant via a sign-stealing scheme involving a center field office, a telescope and a button connected to the bullpen phone. In 2017, the Los Angeles Dodgers were robbed of a World Series championship via a sign-stealing system involving a TV camera, a monitor, a trash can and a bat. History has often repeated itself around the Dodgers franchise. From their beginnings as the Brooklyn Atlantics to their move from Flatbush to L.A. and into the 21st Century, the Dodgers have seen heartbreaking losses and stirring triumphs, broken the color barrier, turned the game into a true coast-to-coast sport and produced many Hall of Famers, This is their story.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-07-29
Mått178 x 254 x 21 mm
Vikt717 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor412
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476688060

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAuthor’s NotexiiiPrefacePrologue: “Thirty-two years is more than enough”1. “The impossible has happened!”2. A Team Grows in Brooklyn3. From Daffiness to “Wait’ll Next Year”4. Beginning of the End … or End of the Beginning5. Moon Shots6. Welcome to The Ravine…7. …Sandy and Big D Will See You Out8. The Holdout, the Retirement and the Streak9. The Mouth That Roared10. Building Toward a Championship—Slowly11. Changes12. “Next year”13. Fernandomania14. Out with the Old15. Necessities16. Master of the House17. Confounding the “Experts”18. End of an Era19. Conflicting Priorities20. The Bob Daly Years21. Underfunded Frank22. K Is for Kershaw23. Mannywood24. A Fight He Couldn’t Win25. The New Guys26. A Philosophical 18027. The Voices28. “We wuz robbed”29. Home Runs at the Wrong Times30. Weirdest. Season. Ever.31. The Magic Number: 2.732. Making Themselves at Home … in TexasEpilogue: 2021Appendix I: Hall of Famers with Dodgers TiesAppendix II: The ChampionshipsChapter NotesBibliographyIndex