Dodger For President
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Author |
: Jordan Sonnenblick |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 174 |
Release |
: 2009-06-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780312377946 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0312377940 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dodger for President by : Jordan Sonnenblick
More hilarity, more friendship, and more French fries make this second book in the Dodger and Me series a winner!
Author |
: Jordan Sonnenblick |
Publisher |
: Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages |
: 194 |
Release |
: 2009-03-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781429984676 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1429984678 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dodger and Me by : Jordan Sonnenblick
A boy's imaginary friend is driving him crazy in Dodger and Me, the first installment of a hilarious new series by acclaimed author Jordan Sonnenblick. What would you do if your best friend was: 1. Imaginary? 2. An oversize blue chimp in surfer shorts? (Potentially embarrassing, but hey, no one else can see him . . . right?) 3. Proposing a plan to help you improve your life? 4. Did we say imaginary? 5. Driving you crazy?!?! Now you have an idea of what Willie Ryan's life is like when he meets Dodger. It's the beginning of a lot of trouble—and a friendship you'll never forget!
Author |
: Jordan Sonnenblick |
Publisher |
: Feiwel & Friends |
Total Pages |
: 174 |
Release |
: 2010-05-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781429947992 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1429947993 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dodger for Sale by : Jordan Sonnenblick
What would you do if your best friend was: 1. Still imaginary (and getting into trouble with other "imaginary" creatures, such as leprechauns. That's right, leprechauns!!)? 2. In danger of losing his home, and the only forest in your town, the magical Field of Dreams? 3. Driving you crazy?!?! (But in a best-friend type of way . . . ) Now you have an idea of what Willie Ryan's life is like in the third and final installment of the hilarious Dodger and Me series. Only this time, Dodger's gone and peeved a band of leprechauns; Willie's sister, Amy, is missing; and class bully James Beeks's dad wants to build a housing development in the Field of Dreams. It just might take an oversize blue chimp—who may or may not be imaginary—and his two fifth-grade friends, Willie and Lizzie, to step up as environmental activists and save the woods (and still get their homework done).
Author |
: Martha Jo Black |
Publisher |
: Chicago Review Press |
Total Pages |
: 396 |
Release |
: 2015-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780897337533 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0897337530 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Joe Black by : Martha Jo Black
He was told that the color of his skin would keep him out of the big leagues, but Joe Black worked his way up through the Negro Leagues and the Cuban Winter League. He burst into the Majors in 1952 when he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. In the face of segregation, verbal harassment, and even death threats, Joe Black rose to the top of his game; he earned National League Rookie of the Year and became the first African American pitcher to win a World Series game. With the same tenacity he showed in his baseball career, Black became the first African American vice president of a transportation corporation when he went to work for Greyhound. In this first-ever biography of Joe Black, his daughter Martha Jo Black tells the story not only of a baseball great who broke through the color line, but also of the father she knew and loved.
Author |
: Mark Langill |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 132 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0738528684 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780738528687 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dodger Stadium by : Mark Langill
Since 1962, the inspiring architecture and sweeping vistas of Dodger Stadium have inspired millions of Los Angeles Dodgers baseball fans. What team president Walter OMalley envisioned nearly half a century ago endures as one of professional baseballs most striking pieces of architecture, standing in the shadow of the dramatic San Gabriel Mountains. Dodger Stadium is also one of only two such parks built during the 20th century constructed entirely with private funds. Most people think of the stadium as a world-class baseball park, and Dodger Stadium has certainly earned such a reputation, hosting eight World Series, an All-Star contest, and hundreds of action-filled games through the years, during which the Dodgers won eight National League championships and four World Series. But the stadium has been much more than a sporting ground, hosting Olympic ceremonies and events, a papal visit from John Paul II in 1987, and world-renowned musical events, ranging from Elton John to KISS to The Three Tenors. Other events have included ski-jumping competitions, boxing, and a Harlem Globetrotters basketball exhibition. For four years in the 1960s the stadium was also used by the Los Angeles Angels baseball team.
Author |
: Fred Claire |
Publisher |
: Sports Publishing LLC |
Total Pages |
: 230 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1582617325 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781582617329 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fred Claire by : Fred Claire
Fred Claire, the former general manager who spent 30 years in the Los Angeles Dodgers front office, offers a look into the inner-workings of one of baseball's most storied franchises.
Author |
: Eric Nusbaum |
Publisher |
: Public Affairs |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2021-03-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1541742222 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781541742222 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Stealing Home by : Eric Nusbaum
A story about baseball, family, the American Dream, and the fight to turn Los Angeles into a big league city. Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. In the early 1950s, those communities were condemned to make way for a utopian public housing project. Then, in a remarkable turn, public housing in the city was defeated amidst a Red Scare conspiracy. Instead of getting their homes back, the remaining residents saw the city sell their land to Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Now LA would be getting a different sort of utopian fantasy -- a glittering, ultra-modern stadium. But before Dodger Stadium could be built, the city would have to face down the neighborhood's families -- including one, the Aréchigas, who refused to yield their home. The ensuing confrontation captivated the nation - and the divisive outcome still echoes through Los Angeles today.
Author |
: Curt Smith |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 613 |
Release |
: 2018-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781496207395 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1496207394 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Presidents and the Pastime by : Curt Smith
The Presidents and the Pastime draws on Curt Smith's extensive background as a former White House presidential speechwriter to chronicle the historic relationship between baseball, the "most American" sport, and the U.S. presidency. Smith, who USA TODAY calls "America's voice of authority on baseball broadcasting," starts before America's birth, when would‑be presidents played baseball antecedents. He charts how baseball cemented its reputation as America's pastime in the nineteenth century, such presidents as Lincoln and Johnson playing town ball or giving employees time off to watch. Smith tracks every U.S. president from Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump, each chapter filled with anecdotes: Wilson buoyed by baseball after suffering disability; a heroic FDR saving baseball in World War II; Carter, taught the game by his mother, Lillian; Reagan, airing baseball on radio that he never saw--by "re-creation." George H. W. Bush, for whom Smith wrote, explains, "Baseball has everything." Smith, having interviewed a majority of presidents since Richard Nixon, shares personal stories on each. Throughout, The Presidents and the Pastime provides a riveting narrative of how America's leaders have treated baseball. From Taft as the first president to throw the "first pitch" on Opening Day in 1910 to Obama's "Go Sox!" scrawled in the guest register at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014, our presidents have deemed it the quintessentially American sport, enriching both their office and the nation.
Author |
: Jerald Podair |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 384 |
Release |
: 2019-07-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780691192796 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0691192790 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis City of Dreams by : Jerald Podair
A vivid history of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped transform Los Angeles When Walter O’Malley moved his Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1957 with plans to construct a new ballpark, he ignited a bitter half-decade dispute over the future of a rapidly changing city. For the first time, City of Dreams tells the full story of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped create modern Los Angeles. In a vivid narrative, Jerald Podair tells how the city was convulsed over whether, where, and how to build the stadium. Eventually, it was built on publicly owned land from which the city had uprooted a Mexican American community, raising questions about the relationship between private profit and “public purpose.” Indeed, the battle over Dodger Stadium crystallized issues with profound implications for all American cities. Filled with colorful stories, City of Dreams will fascinate anyone who is interested in the history of the Dodgers, baseball, Los Angeles, and the modern American city.
Author |
: Michael Leahy |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins |
Total Pages |
: 361 |
Release |
: 2016-05-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062360588 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0062360582 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Last Innocents by : Michael Leahy
Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year Finalist for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing From an award-winning journalist comes the riveting odyssey of seven Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1960s—a chronicle of a team, a game, and a nation in transition during one of the most exciting and unsettled decades in history. Legendary Dodgers Maury Wills, Sandy Koufax, Wes Parker, Jeff Torborg, Dick Tracewski, and Tommy Davis encapsulated 1960s America: white and black, Jewish and Christian, wealthy and working class, pro-Vietnam and anti-war, golden boy and seasoned veteran. The Last Innocents is a thoughtful, technicolor portrait of these seven players—friends, mentors, confidants, rivals, and allies—and their storied team that offers an intriguing look at a sport and a nation in transition. Bringing into focus the high drama of their World Series appearances from 1962 to 1972 and their pivotal games, Michael Leahy explores these men’s interpersonal relationships and illuminates the triumphs, agonies, and challenges each faced individually. Leahy places these men’s lives within the political and social maelstrom that was the era when the conformity of the 1950s gave way to demands for equality and rights. Increasingly frustrated over a lack of real bargaining power and an oppressive management who meddled in their personal affairs, the players shared an uneasy relationship with the team’s front office. This contention mirrored the discord and uncertainty generated by myriad changes rocking the nation: the civil rights movement, political assassinations, and growing hostility to the escalation of the Vietnam War. While the nation around them changed, these players each experienced a personal and professional metamorphosis that would alter public perceptions and their own. Comprehensive and artfully crafted, The Last Innocents is an evocative and riveting portrait of a pivotal era in baseball and modern America.