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When the Dodgers were bridegrooms
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Ronald G. Shafer |
"In 1883, urbane real estate investor Charles Byrne and hustling news editor George J. Taylor joined forces to create the club that would become the Brooklyn Dodgers. Nicknamed the "Bridegrooms" by s… |
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The Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team
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David Pietrusza |
A history of the baseball team that began in Brooklyn and moved to Los Angeles, focusing on its greatest players, managers, and seasons. |
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Mike Piazza
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Tom Owens |
Profiles the popular young catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who was voted National League Rookie of the Year in 1993. |
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You never heard of Sandy Koufax?!
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Jonah Winter |
In this striking picture book biography, an old-timer tells us what made Sandy Koufax so amazing. We learn that the beginning of his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers was rocky, that he was shy with h… |
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Bums no more
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Brian M. Endsley |
"This is the story of the 1959 Dodgers that rose above its disastrous first season on the West Coast for a World Series title. Here, the team's story is recounted in detail, with game-by-game highlig… |
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The best team money can buy
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Molly Knight |
"The inside-the-clubhouse story of two tumultuous years when the Los Angeles Dodgers were re-made from top to bottom, from the ownership of the team to management to the players on the field, becomin… |
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The last innocents
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Michael Leahy |
It's rare for a team to encapsulate an era as indelibly as the Los Angeles Dodgers did the 1960s. White, black, Jewish, Christian, wealthy, working class, conservative, liberal--the Dodgers embodied … |
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Miracle in Chavez Ravine
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William McNeil |
"After winning the 1981 World Series, raising the expectations of management and fans, the Los Angeles Dodgers followed up with six years of disappointing finishes. In the first book-length history o… |
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Los Angeles Dodgers
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James R. Rothaus |
A history of the popular baseball team, covering the years they played in Brooklyn but emphasizing their activities after they moved to Los Angeles in 1957. |
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Sandy Koufax
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John F. Grabowski |
A biography of Hall of Fame baseball player Sandy Koufax, the greatest left-handed pitcher in Dodgers history. |
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Sports star, Fernando Valenzuela
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S. H. Burchard |
A biography of the pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers who was the first rookie to win the Cy Young Award, the greatest honor a professional pitcher can earn. |
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Steve Garvey, the bat boy who became a star
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Vass, George. |
A brief biography of the star batter for the Los Angeles Dodgers. |
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