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Author:

Mitchell, Lincoln Abraham, author.

Title:

Baseball goes west : the Dodgers, the Giants, and the shaping of the major leagues / Lincoln A. Mitchell.

Publisher:

The Kent State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

viii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1606353594
9781606353592

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1017603974

LCCN:

2018008750

Locations:

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)