Overview

History has remembered Carl Furillo as an opponent of Jackie Robinson becoming a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, despite that being untrue. This biography sets the record straight, while also detailing Furillo's contributions as a clutch hitter and an outstanding right fielder, his angry departure from the team, his hearing before the commissioner of baseball, and his life after the sport.

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Author:   Ted Reed
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9780786447091

ISBN 10:   0786447095
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   02 December 2010
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface      Introduction      1. The Early Years      2. Home from the War      3. The Arrival of Jackie Robinson.      4. The Reading Rifle      5. The Team Takes Shape      6. Forced to Grow Up      7. The First Bad Year      8. The Worst Bad Year      9. “I Couldn’t Even See the Ball”      10. Batting Champ      11. Next Year Finally Arrives      12. “We’re All Dagos in Here”      13. “I Should Never Have Moved Out There”      14. Number Six Passes On      15. The Game Turns Sour      16. Outside Looking In      17. Back Home for Good      .162 18. The Right Way to Leave      Appendix: Furillo’s Career Statistics      Chapter Notes      Selected Bibliography      Index     

Reviews

illuminating look into Furillo's career --<i>Examiner.com</i>; this book needed to be written and Ted Reed has done his homework --Carl Erskine, Brooklyn Dodgers; This book offers something unique, something that even the most prominent sportswriters of the past were unable to obtain: extensive, in-depth interviews with Carl Furillo.... The author has given him the voice and the venue he never had when he was alive. --Judith Testa, author of <i>Sal Maglie, Baseball's Demon Barber</i>; Reed is at his best in analyzing and clarifying the two specific incidents that diminished Furillo's image when his playing days ended. He uses Furillo's own words along with the testimony of teammates, to refute the charge that he was opposed to Jackie Robinson joining the Dodgers in 1947. The more significant 'rap' against Furillo concerns his 1960 departure from the Dodgers. The roles of Marvin Miller, Andy Messersmith, Dave McNally, and Curt Flood have been well covered in the literature of baseballs labor-management relations. But Furillo's case, which appears to be a gross injustice, has not. --Lyle Spatz, baseball historian.

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Former Miami Herald reporter, Ted Reed is a business and labor writer. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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