Cincinnati Red and Dodger Blue (eBook)

Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Rivalry

Tom Van Riper (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
228 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-7539-3 (ISBN)

Infos

For a period of time in the 1970s, the Los Angeles Dodgers versus the Cincinnati Reds was one of the best rivalries in Major League Baseball. This book takes a fresh look at these two powerhouses and the players that made them so pivotal, including Johnny Bench, Steve Garvey, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Don Sutton, and Ron Cey.

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Call it the forgotten rivalry. The Cincinnati Reds and the Los Angeles Dodgers may not share geographical boundaries, and today they don't even play in the same division, but for a period of time in the 1970s Dodgers vs. Reds was the best rivalry in Major League Baseball. They boasted the biggest names of the gameJohnny Bench, Steve Garvey, Pete Rose, Don Sutton, and Ron Cey, to name a fewand appeared in the World Series seven out of nine years.In Cincinnati Red and Dodger Blue: Baseballs Greatest Forgotten Rivalry, Tom Van Riper provides a fresh look at these two powerhouse teams and the circumstances that made them so pivotal. Van Riper delves into the players, managers, executives, and broadcasters from the rivalry whose impact on baseball continued beyond the 1970sincluding the first recipient of Tommy John surgery (Tommy John himself), the all-time hit king turned gambling pariah (Pete Rose), and two young announcers who would soon go on to national prominence (Al Michaels and Vin Scully). In addition, Van Riper recounts in detail the 1973 season when both teams were at or near their peak form, particularly the extra-inning nail-biter between the Reds and Dodgers that took place on September 21 and effectively decided the divisional race.Cincinnati Red and Dodger Blue includes never-before-published interviews with former players from the rivalry, providing a personal and in-depth look at this decade in baseball full of upheaval and change. Baseball's realignment in 1994 may have rendered this great rivalry nearly forgotten, but its story is one that will be enjoyed by baseball fans and historians of all generations.

Autor

Tom Van Riper wrote about the business of sports for Forbes from 2005 to 2015. His body of work includes two cover stories for Forbes magazine which featured Major League Baseball player Matt Kemp and NFL coach Bill Parcells. Prior to Forbes, Tom covered the business beat for New York’s Daily News.

Inhalt

AcknowledgmentsPrologueChapter 1: The Right Matchup at the Right TimeChapter 2: The PariahChapter 3: Making Draft History and Medical HistoryChapter 4: Building the MachineChapter 5: It BeginsChapter 6: The Three KingsChapter 7: Greatness Recognized and Greatness SnubbedChapter 8: Monsters of the MoundChapter 9: Packing Them InChapter 10: Four Infielders and a ScapegoatChapter 11: ShowdownChapter 12: How Great Were They?Chapter 13: Sparking an EvolutionChapter 14: Late BloomerChapter 15: They Shall Be FreeChapter 16: A Giant LossChapter 17: Grinding toward the WireChapter 18: The WinnersChapter 19: FrustrationChapter 20: Onward . . .EpilogueNotesBibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.4.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 14 Illustrations including: - 14 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: 1970s baseball • 1973 baseball season • american pastime • Baseball • baseball broadcasters • baseball executives • baseball managers • baseball players • Baseball rivalry • best baseball rivalry • Cincinnati Reds • Dodgers • Dodgers executives • Dodgers managers • Dodgers players • Dodgers versus Reds • Dodgers vs Reds • Dodgers vs. Reds • Don Sutton • johnny bench • LA Dodgers • Los Angeles Dodgers • Major League Baseball • MLB • national pastime • pete rose • reds • Reds executives • Reds managers • Reds players • Ron Cey • Steve Garvey • world series
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-7539-1 / 1442275391
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-7539-3 / 9781442275393