The Man Who Brought the Dodgers Back to Brooklyn

I read this book in the galley proof stage. A friend of mine knew the author and told me the book was great. I wasn't from New York and I didn't know much about the Brooklyn Dodgers so I wasn't overly excited. However, one rainy night I picked up the book and I didn't put it down until it was finished.So many years have passed and I don't remember any of the details, but I do remember the warm and wonderful sentiments I felt when I was reading about the old great Dodger/Yankee rivalry. And, I remember wishing that I could have been there at Ebbets rooting for the Dodgers. My eight year old son is now fascinated with baseball history.When we were talking about Jackie Robinson, I remembered the book I had read so long ago and I even remembered the exact title of the book. I just ordered the book for my son to read and I know I'll read it again and again.

I am not as huge a baseball fan as I was when I read it as a teenager - hey, who has as much time as he did when he was 16 to read and memorize lineups? Stil, I have read it again, and again. It's not common for me to read books sevreal times. However, the baseball action and also interpersonal stuff is excellent. I didn't know about all the history repeating itself, but there were enough differences to make it sensible, and besides, anyone who knows baseball knows that history does have a way of repeating itself, whether it's a pennant race, an in-game move, or whatever. We need more books about the old time teams in the old style parks. Whether that would make me follow it more , I don't know, but it would make me read more.