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…mehr
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").Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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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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
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
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