This is the story of the 1959 Dodgers, a team that rose above its disastrous first season on the West Coast for an out-of-nowhere World Series title. One of baseball's greatest underdog champions, the '59 Dodgers were a rag-tag team made of long shots salvaged from the minor leagues and over-the-hill ballplayers who reached back for one final triumph. After surviving a thrilling three team pennant race, they met fellow long shots the Chicago White Sox in an underdog World Series. Here, the team's story is recounted in detail, with game-by-game highlights, and set against the cultural backdrop…mehr
This is the story of the 1959 Dodgers, a team that rose above its disastrous first season on the West Coast for an out-of-nowhere World Series title. One of baseball's greatest underdog champions, the '59 Dodgers were a rag-tag team made of long shots salvaged from the minor leagues and over-the-hill ballplayers who reached back for one final triumph. After surviving a thrilling three team pennant race, they met fellow long shots the Chicago White Sox in an underdog World Series. Here, the team's story is recounted in detail, with game-by-game highlights, and set against the cultural backdrop of the civil rights movement, the Cold War, and the rock and roll cultural revolution.
Attorney Brian M. Endsley lives in Pleasant Hill, California.
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Table of Contents Preface Introduction Prologue: Los Angeles, September 29, 1959, 5:05 P.M. PART I. Descent: From Brooklyn Legends to L.A. Has-Beens 1. 1955: The View from the Top of the World 2. 1956: Bridesmaids Revisited 3. 1957: The Year the Brooklyn Dodgers Died 4. "A Freak Ball Park" 5. The Dodgers Lose Campy 6. The 1958 Los Angeles Dodgers: Something Old, Something New 7. Major League Baseball Comes to California 8. May 1958: Welcome to the Cellar 9. Chavez Ravine: The Big Distraction 10. The Long Summer of '58 11. September 1958: A Lost Season Comes to an End 12. Whither the Milwaukee Dynasty? PART II. Ascent: From Seventh Place to World Champions 13. Restless Winter 14. A Voice in the Wilderness 15. Spring Roller Coaster: April in First, May in Despair 16. The Summer of '59: Bavasi's Miracle 17. September 1959: A Pennant Race for the Ages 18. We Go to Chicago! 19. The Go-Go Sox 20. The Underdog Series 21. An Analysis of the 1959 World Series 22. 1959: A Year of Transition 23. Turning the Page to the Sixties Epilogue: 50 Years On Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Preface Introduction Prologue: Los Angeles, September 29, 1959, 5:05 P.M. PART I. Descent: From Brooklyn Legends to L.A. Has-Beens 1. 1955: The View from the Top of the World 2. 1956: Bridesmaids Revisited 3. 1957: The Year the Brooklyn Dodgers Died 4. "A Freak Ball Park" 5. The Dodgers Lose Campy 6. The 1958 Los Angeles Dodgers: Something Old, Something New 7. Major League Baseball Comes to California 8. May 1958: Welcome to the Cellar 9. Chavez Ravine: The Big Distraction 10. The Long Summer of '58 11. September 1958: A Lost Season Comes to an End 12. Whither the Milwaukee Dynasty? PART II. Ascent: From Seventh Place to World Champions 13. Restless Winter 14. A Voice in the Wilderness 15. Spring Roller Coaster: April in First, May in Despair 16. The Summer of '59: Bavasi's Miracle 17. September 1959: A Pennant Race for the Ages 18. We Go to Chicago! 19. The Go-Go Sox 20. The Underdog Series 21. An Analysis of the 1959 World Series 22. 1959: A Year of Transition 23. Turning the Page to the Sixties Epilogue: 50 Years On Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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