Dodgers!: An Informal History from Flatbush to Chavez Ravine

by Jim Alexander

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In the 1880s, a Brooklyn baseball manager plotted to steal pitching signs and alert batters with a hidden electrical wire. In 1951, the Brooklyn Dodgers were robbed of a pennant via a sign-stealing scheme involving a center field office, a telescope and a button connected to the bullpen phone. In 2019, the Los Angeles Dodgers were robbed of a World Series championship via a sign-stealing system involving a TV camera, a monitor, a trash can and a bat. History has often repeated itself around the Dodgers franchise. From their beginnings as the Brooklyn Atlantics to their move from Flatbush...Read more
  • ISBN13 9781476688060
  • Publish Date 17 August 2022
  • Publish Status Forthcoming
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 277
  • Language English