Overview

"The Brooklyn Dodgers are one of the most popular and most beloved baseball teams of all time. This book is a collection of writings about them, arranged chronologically--news reports, articles and excerpts from both fiction and nonfiction works by some of the best baseball writers of the past sixty years. Among them are James L. Terry (from Long Before the Dodgers); John Lardner (""The Unbelievable Babe Herman""); Red Barber and Robert Creamer (from Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat); Harold Parrott (from The Lords of Baseball and ""Owen Drops Third Strike""); Robin Roberts and C. Paul Rogers, III (from My Life in Baseball); and Red Smith (""Erskine Fans 14 Yanks,"" ""Over the River"" and ""Last Chapter"")."

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Author:   Andrew Paul Mele
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.494kg
ISBN:  

9780786461080

ISBN 10:   078646108
Pages:   287
Publication Date:   13 September 2010
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface      Foreword by Carl Erskine      I. Warm-Ups In the Beginning James L. Terry      The Atlantics Triumphant Brooklyn Daily Eagle      The Fields of Brooklyn Burt Solomon      II. Early Innings History Lesson Arthur Daley      Superbas Open Season with a 1-0 Shutout Defeat Thomas Rice      Uncle Robbie and the Brooks Arthur Daley      Brooklyn v. Boston in 26 Innings Ralph D. Blanpied      The Unbelievable Babe Herman John Lardner      The First Night Major League Game in the Metropolitan Area Roscoe McGowen      The Ole Redhead Comes to Brooklyn Red Barber and Robert Creamer      When Ebbets Field Was a Bad Joke Harold Parrott      Hurricane Larry Donald Honig      Owen Drops Third Strike Harold Parrott      Baseball Goes to Frank Graham      Havana:      1942 Donald Honig      Warm-ups John C. Chalberg      Negro Ace Outstanding Prospect Harold C. Burr      1946: Season of Tumult William Marshall      The Petition Harold Parrott      The Rocky Road of Pistol Pete W.C. Heinz      Hilda, Leo, and Pistol Pete Donald Honig      The Dodgers and Brooklyn's Ethnic Isolation Carl E. Prince      III. Middle Innings Brooklyn,      1947 Scott Simon      Jackie Robinson’s First Major League Baseball Game Jimmy Cannon      July 18,      1947 Christopher Renino      Lookie, Lookie, Here Comes Cookie! Dick Young      Maybe Rickey Is a Genius After Tommy Holmes      Red Barber's Call of the Gionfriddo Catch, October 5,      1947 Radio Broadcast      1948-Leo Crosses the Bridge Gerald Eskenazi      Hodges Erupts Dick Young      My Life in Baseball Robin Roberts and C. Paul Rogers, III      The Emancipation of Jackie Robinson Milton Gross      The Alan Lelchuk      Robby’s HR, Grab Force ’51 Playoff Dick Young      Character, Dignity, Courage Marino Amoruso      What Winning the Pennant Means to Brooklyn Brooklyn Eagle      Dodgers Defeat Yanks; Erskine Fans      Red Smith      Brooklyns Lose William Heuman      Walt Alston Peter Golenbock      Pee Wee Reese Night Tot Holmes      Who's a Bum! Leo O’Mealia      Dodgers Champs! Podres Wins,      2-0 Joe Trimble      —And Joy Reigned Unrefined Art Smith      Erskine Only Dodger with Pair of No-Hitters Tot Holmes      Over the River Red Smith      Last Pennant in Brooklyn Jimmy Cannon      The Man Was Perfect Shirley Povich      The Longest Night Michael Shapiro      Jackie Robinson: More Than a Ballplayer J. Ronald Oakley      A Shortstop in Kentucky Roger Kahn      IV. Seventh Inning Stretch In the Cold Gray Dawn of the Morning After Tommy Holmes      1951 and the Miracle Pennant Race James D. Szalontai      The Rivalry Roger Kahn      Last Chapter Red Smith      V. Late Innings Overture from the Coast Neil J. Sullivan      Let's Keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn Samuel Denoff, William Persky and Roy Ross      Walt, You Can Go, but Own Up as to Jimmy Cannon      Twilight of the Bums Robert Creamer      Take Them Away, L.A.! Chris Kieran      It’s Official-Dodgers Go to Los Angeles Tommy Holmes      VI. The Last Out 30 Years of Perfidy New York Daily News      How The Boys of Summer Got Started Roger Kahn      Wreck-Ball Caps Ebbets Field Dana Mozley      There Used to Be a Ballpark Joe Raposo      I’m Sorry They Left Red Barber and Robert Creamer      Appendix: Brooklyn Dodgers in the Baseball Hall of Fame      Index     

Reviews

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

"""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."

Author Information

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.

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