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Baseball goes west : the Dodgers, the Giants, and the shaping of the major leagues /

This book discusses the effects of two baseball teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants, moving to the West Coast in the 1950s.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mitchell, Lincoln Abraham (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) > History.
New York Giants (Baseball team) > History.
Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team) > History.
San Francisco Giants (Baseball team) > History.
Baseball > United States > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Baseball then and now
  • The oldest rivalry in baseball
  • New York in the 1950s
  • Baseball in the West Coast
  • The move
  • First seasons in California
  • After Mays and Koufax
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants
  • The Giants and Dodgers today.