Bums No More: The 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers, World Champions of Baseball

Bums No More: The 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers, World Champions of Baseball
ISBN-10
0786455675
ISBN-13
9780786455676
Category
Sports & Recreation
Pages
254
Language
English
Published
2014-11-21
Publisher
McFarland
Author
Brian M. Endsley

Description

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.

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