The rise and fall of Dodgertown : 60 years of baseball in Vero Beach / Rody Johnson.

Author/creator Johnson, Rody
Format Book
Publication InfoGainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2008.
Descriptionxiii, 302 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Subjects
Holman Stadium (Vero Beach, Fla.)--History.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)--History.
Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)--History.
Spring training (Baseball)--Florida. --Vero Beach. --History.

Contents Brooklyn Dodgers select Vero -- The future of the Brooklyn baseball team is here -- Branch Rickey's kingdom by the sea -- Call me Walter -- Grace and the boys of summer -- Champions of the world -- So we're going -- Los Angeles Dodgers -- Dodgers not being booted -- The Dodgers and Vero prevail -- Wins and losses -- Glad the sixties were over -- A team and a town in transition -- A new era -- Hail to the chief -- We love our Vero Beach Dodgers -- Ups and downs -- Refuse to lose -- Not for sale -- Like leaving your spouse after fifty years -- The mystique is gone -- Big, bad media company -- We don't like 'em much anymore -- Fear for the future -- What's up next, Skip? -- The ugly and the lovely -- Like Brooklyn, a fond memory.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-285) and index.
LCCN 2007027539
ISBN9780813031941 (alk. paper)
ISBN081303194X (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GV 416.V37 J65 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold