It took something truly remarkable to save the 1981 Major League Baseball season from being remembered only as the year of the players? strike. It took the Los Angeles Dodgers: Fernandomania and ?Sorda and Garv and Bake and the Penguin. It took three amazing October comebacks to beat the Houston Astros, the Montreal Expos and, finally, the New York Yankees, avenging Dodger World Series losses to the Yankees in 1977 and 1978. Rick Monday was right in the middle of that magical Dodger season. His recollections and conversations with teammates provide a behind-the-scenes view of one of the most amazing teams and seasons in baseball history in Rick Monday's Tales from the Dodgers Dugout.
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Great recreation of the 1981 season for the World Champion L.A. Dodgers, with profiles of the people involved and synopsis of the key games and events that led the Dodgers to '81 crown.
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This review is from: Rick Monday's Tales from the Dodger Dugout (Tales) (Hardcover)
I grew up as a big fan of Rick Monday when he played for the Cubs. Monday's Tales book follows the same format as most of the Tales books. I like Monday's above the average because he intersperses great insight and stories of his own season. These books are great for getting inside glimpses of the teams. Monday gives us a better than average look.
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A NICE RETELLING OF 1981 DODGERS,
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This review is from: Rick Monday's Tales from the Dodger Dugout (Tales) (Hardcover)
RICK MONDAY DOES A NICE JOB OF DESCRBING THE DODGERS 1981 CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON. IT WAS A STRIKE YEAR AND THE SEASON WAS CUT SHORT WITH FIRST AND SECOND HALF CHAMPIONS MEETING IN THE PLAYOFFS. MONDAY TELLS US OF THE GREAT SEASON FROM VALENZUELA AND THE OTHER DODGERS WHO HELPED MAKE IT POSSIBLE. THE CLOCK WAS TICKING AS SOME OF THE DODGERS WERE GETTING OLDER AND MANY WOULD LEAVE DUE TO FREE AGENCY AT THE END OF THE SEASON. THE DODGERS ALSO GOT REVENGE FOR THEIR LOSES IN THE 77 AND 78 SERIES. THIS IS AN EASY READ AND IS QUITE ENTERTAINING. FOR ALL DODGER FANS AND YANKEE HATERS.
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World Series, Los Angeles, New York, Dodger Stadium, Reggie Smith, Jerry Reuss, Tommy Lasorda, Steve Howe, Bill Russell, Fernando Valenzuela, Steve Garvey, Ron Cey, Yankee Stadium, Davey Lopes, Opening Day, Pedro Guerrero, Reggie Jackson, Dusty Baker, Burt Hooton, Peter O'Malley, Players Association, Steve Yeager, Dave Stewart, Ken Landreaux, Mike Scioscia New!
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- Tales from the Angels Dugout: The Championship Season and Other Great Angels Stories by Steve Bisheff in Back Matter
- Once They Were Angels by Rob Goldman in Back Matter
- Temporary Insanity by Jay Johnstone on page 29
- The Dodgers Encyclopedia by William McNeil in Back Matter
- Chicago Cubs (Baseball Today Series) by Mollie Martin on page 3
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