The Team That Forever Changed Baseball and America
The 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers
Lyle Spatz
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Description
Of all the teams in the annals of baseball, only a select few can lay claim to historic significance. One of those teams is the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, the first racially integrated Major League team of the twentieth century. The addition of Jackie Robinson to its roster changed not only baseball but also the nation. Yet Robinson was just one member of that memorable club, which included Carl Furillo, Gil Hodges, Pee Wee Reese, Pete Reiser, Duke Snider, Eddie Stanky, Arky Vaughan, and Dixie Walker. Also present was a quartet of baseball’s most unforgettable characters: co-owners Branch Rickey and Walter O’Malley, suspended manager Leo Durocher, and radio announcer Red Barber.

- $13.99
- Category: Baseball
- Published: Jul 16, 2012
- Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
- Seller: The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
- Print Length: 394 Pages
- Language: English
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