Bums An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers

by Golenbock, Peter; Dickson, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780486477350
• ISBN10: 0486477355
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-18
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

It's been over 50 years since they moved to Los Angeles, but the Brooklyn Dodgers remain ingrained in the fabric of our national pastime. Golenbock's oral history of these "lovable losers" tells the team's tale through the words of Pee Wee Reese, Leo Durocher, Duke Snider, and other Brooklyn greats.

Table of Contents

ONE   Charley Ebbets-The Magic of Ebbets Field-Larry and Leo-The Lip-The Fans-The Gold  Dust Twins-A Lost Pennant-Macphail Resigns               

TWO     The Neighborhood-The Coming of Mr. Rickey-Scratching for a Tie-The First Playoff

THREE   Leo gets in Dutch-Leo Gets Nailed

FOUR    The Legacy of Happy Chandler-The First-Montreal-Petioning for Bigotry

FIVE     Brooklyn Embraces Robinson-Ty Cobb in Technicolor-Boit Stands In-Cookie and Friddo

SIX       The Ole Redhead-The Return of the Prodigal Son-Leo Becomes the Enemy-Bot and Oisk-Rex

SEVEN   Brooklyn Against the South-The Real Jackie-Big Newk-A Pennant on the Final Day-Again 

EIGHT    O'Malley uber Alles-Abie is Out at Home

NINE      O'Malley Takes Over-Chuck and Clem-Robby Saves the Day-Death to the Giants-The Giants Get Lucky-The Fallout

TEN        Dick Young-Chuck Dressen-Loes and Black-The 1952 World Series-Gil

ELEVEN  Roger Kahn-The Mad Monk-The Duke of Flatbush-Skoonj-The Best Team Loses, Again-Where's the Heart?

TWELVE   Walt Alston

THIRTEEN   KingKarl and Sandy Koufax-Ed Roebuck-A Special Night for Pee Wee-The Catch-Champs at Last-Triumphant

FOURTEEN    A Gift-Dale Mitchell's Day-Don Newcombe's Legacy-The End of an Era

FIFTEEN      The Exodus-Rumblings-In Search of Judas O'Malley-The Betrayal-The Last Supper-The Mourners-The Ashes

"Hometown Piece for Messrs. Alston and Reese," by Marianne Moore

A Heartfelt Acknowledgment

Index