Erik Sherman

Daybreak at Chavez Ravine

Fernandomania and the Remaking of the Los Angeles Dodgers

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Produktbeschreibung

Daybreak at Chavez Ravine retells Fernando Valenzuela’s arrival and permanent influence on Dodgers history—while bringing redemption to the organization’s controversial beginnings in Los Angeles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 146mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781496231017
• ISBN-10: 1496231015
• Artikelnr.: 65949790

Autorenporträt

Erik Sherman is a baseball historian and the New York Times best-selling author of Kings of Queens: Life beyond Baseball with the ’86 Mets and Two Sides of Glory: The 1986 Boston Red Sox in Their Own Words (Nebraska, 2021). He is the coauthor of five other highly acclaimed baseball-themed books. Sherman is a 2023 inductee to the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame for his baseball writing and hosts the Erik Sherman Show podcast. Visit ErikShermanBaseball.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
 
1. A Reluctant Hero
2. David versus Goliath
3. LA Goes Dodger Blue
4. The Mexican Experience North of the Border
5. Uncut Diamond
6. Prelude to Greatness
7. The Fable That Came to Life
8. A Star Is Born
9. The Kiss That Sparked a Movement
10. Fernandomania!
11. An International Frenzy
12. Manias
13. Mr. Valenzuela Goes to Washington
14. Struck Out
15. A Star-Spangled Return
16. The Lasorda Effect
17. Houston Has a Problem
18. Blue Monday
19. Speaking "Catcherese"
20. Comeback Kids
21. The Legend Grows
22. Missing the Party
23. Leaving LA in Style
24. The Long Road Back to Glory
25. Legacy
 
Acknowledgments