From their early days as Brooklyn's "bums" to their beautification as LA's true angels, this scrapbook of Dodgers' stories and souvenirs celebrates one of the most colourful and loved teams in baseball. The Dodgers are not a West Coast team or an East Coast team - they've always been, and always will be, simply the Dodgers, true originals possessed of a charm, bravado and crowd appeal like no other club in American sports. Almost as old as the game itself, and every bit as quirky, the Dodgers have been home to some of baseball's greatest heroes and biggest clowns. Known as "bums" by friend and foe alike, this is a club that managed bo put three players on third base at the same time (in 1926). But the Dodgers were also the first to hire a black player, the glorious Jackie Robinson, and one of two that first brought the game to the West Coast. The list of extraordinary players is a mile long and the memorabilia associated with them is collected with devotion on both coasts, and in between. Tickets from the 1916 World Series against Boston, balls signed by Leo the Lip Durocher and Tommy LaSorda, an usher's cap from old Ebbets field, a Jackie Robinson snuff box, Duke Snider's signed jacket, Sandy Koufax's bat - are all here, a Dodger's treasure chest, illustrating the story of one of baseball's legendary teams.
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Take a tour down memory lane on a road paved in Dodger blue. This nostalgic scrapbook chronicles the history of the Dodgers from their glory days at Ebbets field in Brooklyn to Kirk Gibson's epic home run that defined the 1988 World Series. A fantastic collection of memorabilia clutters the pages and images of Dodger greats abound.--D.G. McDonald
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Great fun, Great memories, Great writing,
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This review is from: The Dodgers: Memories and Memorabilia from Brooklyn to L.A. (Hardcover)
In a easy going, flowing style, the authors trace the history of the Dodgers from pre-history to around the early 1990's. I thought that I knew the Dodgers pretty well until I read this book! The photos and memorabilia are just fantastic. However, I was given pause on the 1950's section. The authors make some statements that are just plain wrong! The #1 Pacific Coast League team in LA was the Los Angeles Angels NOT the Hollywood Stars. Further, while the Hollywood Stars rented and shared LA's Wrigley field from/with the Angels for a few years but it was NOT their park, it was the Angels. I was also astounded that the authors failed to point out that Walter O'Malley purchased the LA Angels in 1956 in anticipation of the Dodger's move to LA and then, to add insult to injury, stole the Angels cap logo for the 1958 Dodger AFTER he had moved the club to Spokane, Washington. In doing so he destroyed the PCL's chances of every being merging into MLB - a dream that had lingered since 1902. In a sentence, the man was greedy to the core and didn't give a rip about the fans! It is no wonder he is so despised in Brooklyn to this day. Despite these small flaws, I believe that you will love this book as much as I did! It is wonderful. /fwa
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EXCELLENT NOSTALGIA,
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This review is from: The Dodgers: Memories and Memorabilia from Brooklyn to L.A. (Hardcover)
A GREAT BOOK FOR A TRUE DODGER OR BASEBALL FAN. I REALLY WONDER WHERE THEY GOT ALL THE WONDERFUL MATRIAL FOR THIS BOOK. A GREAT DISPLAY OF NOSTALGIC MEMEROBILIA FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF THE BELOVED BUMS, TO THE BOYS OF SUMMER, TO THE MOVE TO LA, AND LIFE SINCE THEN. A GREAT JOB. WELL RECOMMENDED.
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