Baseball goes west : the Dodgers, the Giants, and the shaping of the major leagues
(2018)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
796.35764/MITCHELL,L

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 796.35764/MITCHELL,L Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2018]
DESCRIPTION

viii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781606353592, 1606353594, 9781606353592
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

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 -- Globalization, PEDs, and the Rivalry since 1990 -- The Giants and Dodgers today

"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"--