COVID Curveball

COVID Curveball
Author: Tim Neverett
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1637581440

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A riveting inside account of the most unforgettable season in Los Angeles Dodgers history, from the COVID-delayed start through the incredible playoff run, by the broadcaster who saw it all. As America’s Pastime reeled from a global pandemic, the LA Dodgers rallied to win arguably the most difficult baseball season ever played. Amid strict new rules and Coronavirus outbreaks on other teams that wreaked havoc on the schedule, the Dodgers maintained a laser focus as a team and organization, and ultimately, won the first bubbled playoffs in the history of Major League Baseball. In COVID Curveball, author and Dodgers’ broadcaster Tim Neverett takes us through this unprecedented season, offering exclusive access and firsthand, edge-of-your-seat, play-by-play coverage of the surreal days and weeks that led up to the dramatic championship climax. It’s a highly entertaining, often humorous chronicle of the quirky nature of the season, the goings-on behind the scenes at the stadium and MLB at large, as well as the unique chemistry forged in the diverse and dynamic clubhouse. Along with insights into the potent lineup that produced jaw-dropping moments by Mookie Betts, Corey Seager, Justin Turner, Max Muncy, and Cody Bellinger, the book also celebrates the incredible achievements of Clayton Kershaw that cemented his Hall-of-Fame legacy, and the remarkable job done by Dave Roberts and the Dodgers’ executives and ownership. Highlighted by empty stands, remote broadcasts, and relentless testing, 2020 was perhaps the strangest baseball season ever…but it produced the most savored World Series celebration in the history of the game. Includes an in-depth foreword by Dodgers’ legend Orel Hershiser.

Los Angeles Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers
Author: Sara Gilbert
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2013
Genre: Children's literature
ISBN: 9781566602174

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The World Series is the biggest stage in baseball, and World Series Champions gives young readers a ticket to the "Fall Classic"! This series—the latest in Creative Education's tradition of stellar sports publishing—celebrates the highlights and stars of 16 Major League Baseball teams that have batted, slid and thrown their way to championship glory. The text simply but efficiently narrates each team's history, while exciting photos of historical and contemporary greats help introduce baseball immortals. A simple introduction to the Miami Marlins major league baseball team, including its start in 1993, its World Series triumphs and its stars throughout the years.

World Series Champs: Los Angeles Dodgers

World Series Champs: Los Angeles Dodgers
Author: Sara Gilbert
Publisher: Creative Paperbacks
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2013-03-12
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780898128178

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The World Series is the biggest stage in baseball, and World Series Champions gives young readers a ticket to the "Fall Classic"! This series—the latest in Creative Education's tradition of stellar sports publishing—celebrates the highlights and stars of 16 Major League Baseball teams that have batted, slid, and thrown their way to championship glory. The text simply but efficiently narrates each team's history, while exciting photos of historical and contemporary greats help introduce baseball immortals.

True Blue

True Blue
Author: Los Angeles Daily News
Publisher: Triumph Books
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2020-10-30
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1641256346

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The Los Angeles Dodgers are your 2020 World Series champions! Having established themselves as perennial contenders, expectations heading into 2020 were sky high for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Dave Roberts' squad embraced those expectations in a season like no other, winning the World Series for the first time since 1988. Anchored by stars like Clayton Kershaw, Mookie Betts and Cody Bellinger, the Dodgers demonstrated relentless focus on the path to victory, claiming their 8th straight division title while adapting to new norms amid a global pandemic. Through insightful stories from the Los Angeles Daily News and dynamic photos, relive all the key moments and storylines, including dominant postseason performances against the Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres, the euphoric NLCS Game 7 victory over the Atlanta Braves and finally raising the trophy in Arlington after defeating the Tampa Bay Rays.This commemorative book also features in-depth profiles on popular figures like Kershaw, Betts, Bellinger, Corey Seager, A.J. Pollock and more.

Buzzie and the Bull

Buzzie and the Bull
Author: Ken LaZebnik
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2020-09
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1496223209

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Buzzie and the Bull chronicles a baseball year in the lives of two lifelong friends who couldn't be more different: Buzzie Bavasi, the legendary general manager of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers, and Al "the Bull" Ferrara, bon vivant, fountain of joy, and bench player. Their 1965 baseball journey encompassed a thrilling pennant race settled on the final day of the season, a city engulfed in flames, a perfect game, and a GM who extolled his friend the Bull as a hero in May and then banished him from the team to the depths of public purgatory in July. The partnership of these two characters--the general manager who valued fearlessness above all else and the crazy player who loved living on the edge--became the embodiment of champions who never choked in the clutch. Over seventeen years, Bavasi's teams won eight pennants and four World Series titles. His approach deserves review, and his friendship with Ferrara illustrates the ground on which he staked his baseball career. The summer of 1965 proved Bavasi's thesis that champions are built on players with one core characteristic: nerves of steel. Buzzie and the Bull offers a counterpoint to today's focus on advanced statistical analysis that may be crowding out the important work of discovering a player's unique human qualities: the intangibles. Gauge those intangibles correctly and you get an edge--and edges help win championships.

Los Angeles Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers
Author: Sara Gilbert
Publisher: World Series Champions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781608182664

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"A simple introduction to the Los Angeles Dodgers major league baseball team, including its start in 1884 in Brooklyn, its World Series triumphs, and its stars throughout the years"--Provided by publisher.

The Dodgers

The Dodgers
Author: Michael Schiavone
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1683581946

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In 1957, the Dodgers left their home of Brooklyn, New York, where they had been since their inception in 1884, for the sunny hills of Los Angeles, California. Since arriving in LA, the team has won five World Series and ten NL Pennants, and become one of the top-grossing organizations in Major League Baseball. The Dodgers: 60 Years in LA chronicles the team’s impressive history since arriving in the West Coast. Covering the amazing feats of Dodgers greats such as Steve Garvey, Fernando Valenzuela, and Kirk Gibson, author Michael Schiavone offers an in-depth history of the team since their arrival in 1958 and through the 2017 season. With highlights of each season, the moments fans love to remember (or wish to forget), as well as those who have graced the field of Chavez Ravine, The Dodgers: 60 Years in LA shares the wonderful history of the boys in blue in the most comprehensive book available. Whether you’re a fan of the Dodgers of old or today’s team, this book offers the most information of the team’s time in California than any other on the market.

The Dodgers Move West

The Dodgers Move West
Author: Neil Sullivan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 279
Release: 1989-06-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0195059220

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For many New Yorkers, the removal of the Brooklyn Dodgers—perhaps the most popular baseball team of all time—to Los Angeles in 1957 remains one of the most traumatic events since World War II. Sullivan's controversial reassessment of this event shifts responsibility for the move onto the local governmental maneuverings that occurred on both sides of the continent. Set against a backdrop of sporting passion and rivalry, and appearing over thirty years after the Dodgers' last season in Brooklyn, this engrossing book offers new insights into the power struggle existing in the nation's two largest cities.