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The Team That Forever Changed Baseball and America: The 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers
Author(s): Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) (Author), Lyle Spatz (Editor), Maurice Bouchard (Editor), Leonard Levin (Editor), Mark Langill (Foreword)
- Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
- Publication Date: 1 April 2012
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 400 pages
- ISBN-10: 0803239920
- ISBN-13: 9780803239920
Book Description
This book is the first to offer biographies of everyone on that incomparable team as well as accounts of the moments and events that marked the Dodgers’ 1947 season: Commissioner Happy Chandler suspending Durocher, Rickey luring his old friend Burt Shotton out of retirement to replace Durocher, and brilliant outfielder Reiser being sidelined after running into a fence. In spite of all this, the Dodgers went on to win the National League pennant over the heavily favored St. Louis Cardinals. And of course, there is the biggest story of the season, where history and biography coalesce: Jackie Robinson, who overcame widespread hostility to become Rookie of the Year―and to help the Dodgers set single-game attendance records in cities around the National League.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Dodger devotees, baseball fans, historians, and others will find this a fascinating trip into yesteryear.”–Duane A. Smith,
The Historian“For Dodger fans, having a chance to relive this historic season, to go beyond the surface of Robinson breaking the color barrier, makes this book a wonderful resource. Fans of baseball in general, especially those of an age that can remember some of these names and players from their parents, will find it enjoyable as well.”–C70 at the Bat– (7/27/2012 12:00:00 AM)
“This extraordinarily detailed account of a pivotal year in Dodger history would make a fine Father’s Day gift for the nostalgic Dodger fan.”–Nancy Wong Bryan,
Dugout Club Insider“Though there have been numerous books on the Dodgers of that era and on the notable personalities, this is the first to present biographies of every member of the organization in that famous baseball year.”–Margart Heilbrun,
Library Journal“A welcomed contribution to baseball history, this publication contains extremely well written and researched essays presented in a user-friendly format. With their broad appeal to sports historians and baseball fans, the next volumes in this series are eagerly anticipated.”–Gregory H. Wolf,
Journal of Sport History
