Finding the Left Arm of God

Sandy Koufax and the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1960-1963

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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This is the story of the L.A. Dodgers' volatile fortunes during Sandy Koufax's transformation from a wild left-hander with a losing record on the verge of quitting the game, to an artist with exquisite control of the baseball--a veritable Mozart on the mound.From the Dodgers' sudden plunge into the baseball wilderness in 1960, to their return to pennant contention in Koufax's breakout year of 1961, through their catastrophic 1962 season--precipitated by Koufax's freak midseason finger injury--to their redemption in 1963 with their second World Championship on the West Coast, the narrative is set against the backdrop of John F. Kennedy's fleeting New Frontier presidency.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-09-07
Mått178 x 254 x 15 mm
Vikt522 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786474158

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Table of ContentsPrefaceProloguePart I. 1960: Return to the Wilderness One. Bright BeginningsTwo. Changes, Losses, and a Glimpse at GreatnessThree. Out of the Woodshed and into ContentionFour. Facing Reality in the Year of the PiratesPart II. 1961: The Great Awakening of Sandy KoufaxFive. LeoSix. Turning Point in FloridaSeven. April—A Full Moon and a New KoufaxEight. Koufax Takes Off!Nine. Showdown in AugustTen. The Coliseum Era Comes to an EndPart III. 1962: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times Eleven. The Dodger Stadium Era BeginsTwelve. A Season Goes NumbThirteen. Life Without KoufaxFourteen. Black SeptemberFifteen. Left Behind in OctoberPart IV. 1963: Return to the SummitSixteen. A Season Riding on a FingerSeventeen. Life Is Good on Planet KoufaxEighteen. An August Lull Becomes a September FightNineteen. Four Days in OctoberTwenty. The Apotheosis of Sandy KoufaxEpilogueAppendix: Sandy Koufax Statistics (Career; 1961; 1962; 1963)Chapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“In this, the second volume of a trilogy on the Dodgers in the Koufax era (1958–1966), Endsley details Koufax’s crucial contributions to the transplanted Brooklynites’ struggle to return to pennant contention. The early ’60s were heady and hopeful times and Endsley paints them vividly and ably, contextualizing what was still a fundamentally conservative sport even as the times they were a changing”—The Daily Beast; “an effective examination of the transformation of one hurler’s career. Endsley’s work demonstrates the powerful impact of combining pure athletic talent, statistical analysis, and coaching in order to bring out the best in a player...highly informative and enjoyable work that baseball fans, both of the statistical and ‘regular’ variety will surely enjoy”—Sport in American History.