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The team that forever changed baseball and America : the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers
- Title
- The team that forever changed baseball and America : the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers / edited by Lyle Spatz.
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press ; [Phoenix, Ariz.] : Society for American Baseball Research, ©2012.
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- Description
- x, 380 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
- Summary
- Tells the story of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers in contextualized biographies of the players, managers, and everyone else important to the team.
- Series Statement
- Memorable teams in baseball history
- Uniform Title
- Memorable teams in baseball history
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "Biographies contributed by the Society for American Baseball Research"--Cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- How the 1947 team was built / Lyle Spatz -- Spring training in Havana / Irv Goldfarb -- Jackie Robinson / Rick Swaine -- Branch Rickey / Andy McCue -- Leo Durocher / Jeffrey Marlett -- Kirby Higbe / Ralph Berger -- Bobby Bragan / David L. Fleitz and Maurice Bouchard -- Dixie Walker / Lyle Spatz -- Carl Furillo / John T. Saccoman -- The suspension of Leo Durocher / Jeffrey Marlett -- Branch Rickey and the mainstream press / Joe Marren -- Timeline, April 15-April 30 / Lyle Spatz -- Ebbets Field, 1947 / Bob McGee -- Jackie Robinson's first game / Lyle Spatz -- Clyde Sukeforth / James L. Ray -- Burt Shotton / Rob Edelman -- Ray Blades / Russell Wolinsky -- Spider Jorgensen / William H. Johnson -- Hal Gregg / James L. Ray -- Timeline, May 1-May 20 / Lyle Spatz -- Hank Behrman / Rob Edelman -- Rube Melton / Jack V. Morris -- Jackie Robinson and the Jews / Rabbi Rebecca T. Alpert -- Timeline, May 21-June 15 / Lyle Spatz -- Gene Hermanski / Robert H. Schaefer -- Hugh Casey / Russell Wolinsky -- Rex Barney / Don Harrison -- Tommy Brown / C. Paul Rogers III -- Harry Taylor / Adam J. Ulrey -- Timeline, June 16-June 29 / Lyle Spatz -- Ed Chandler / James L. Ray -- Marv Rackley / Rob Neyer -- Gil Hodges / John T. Saccoman -- George Dockins / Russell Wolinsky -- Eddie Stanky / Alex Edelman -- Timeline, June 30-July 14 / Lyle Spatz -- Arky Vaughan / Ralph C. Moses -- Duke Snider / Warren Jacobs -- Ralph Branca / Paul Hirsch -- Clyde King / James L. Ray -- Jake Pitler / Stanley H. Bard -- Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1947 All-Star Game / Lyle Spatz -- Timeline, July 15-July 31 / Lyle Spatz -- Pee Wee Reese / Rob Edelman -- Bruce Edwards / Ralph Berger -- The protested game of July 20, 1947 / David W. Smith -- Joe Hatten / Joseph Wancho -- Timeline, August 1-August 17 / Lyle Spatz -- Howie Schultz / Stew Thornley -- Pete Reiser / Mark Stewart -- Tommy Tatum / Dan Mullen -- Timeline, August 18-August 31 / Lyle Spatz -- Eddie Miksis / Peter M. Gordon -- Stan Rojek / Edward W. Veit -- Dan Bankhead / Rory Costello -- Timeline, September 1-September 19 / Lyle Spatz -- Phil Haugstad / Bob Buege -- Don Lund / Jerry Nechal -- Vic Lombardi / Lawrence Baldassaro -- Jack Banta / Jimmy Keenan -- Johnny Van Cuyk / David Greisen -- Timeline, September 20-September 28 / Lyle Spatz -- Willie Ramsdell / John Harry Stahl -- Dick Whitman / Ted D. Smith -- Erv Palica / Mark Stewart -- Ed Stevens / Jim Kreuz -- Walter O'Malley / Andy McCue -- John L. Smith / Andy McCue -- Red Barber / Warren Corbett -- Connie Desmond / Rob Edelman -- Advertising and the Dodgers in 1947 / Roberta J. Newman -- The 1947 World Series / Tom Hawthorn -- Al Gionfriddo / Rory Costello -- Cookie Lavagetto / Mathew Sisson -- Al Gionfriddo's memorable Game Six catch / Rory Costello -- Lavagetto ends Bevens's no-hit attempt / Joe Dittmar -- Most Valuable Player Award / Lyle Spatz -- Rookie of the Year Award / Lyle Spatz -- Cy Young Award / Lyle Spatz -- Dodgers attendance in 1947 / John Pastier -- Ownership issues in Brooklyn / Andy McCue.
- ISBN
- 9780803239920
- 0803239920
- LCCN
- 2011036311
- OCLC
- ocn751249871
- 751249871
- SCSB-1638261
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library