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The Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s : how Robinson, MacPhail, Reiser, and Rickey changed baseball /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marzano, Rudy, 1927-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, [2005]
Subjects:
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) > History > 20th century.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) > Influence.
Table of Contents:
  • The $100 superstar of 1939
  • MacPhail starts a Dodger dynasty: 1940
  • The year of the batting helmet: 1941
  • FDR says the show must go on: 1942
  • The Dodgers are not for sale
  • The war years
  • Baseball's first playoff: 1946
  • Jackie Robinson arrives: 1947
  • Rickey pads the walls: 1948
  • Jackie Robinson, batting champion: 1949.