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The Resource They bled blue : the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers : Fernandomania, strike-season mayhem, and the weirdest championship baseball had ever seen, Jason Turbow

They bled blue : the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers : Fernandomania, strike-season mayhem, and the weirdest championship baseball had ever seen, Jason Turbow

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"In the Halberstam tradition of capturing a season through its unforgettable figures, They Bled Blue is a sprawling, mad tale of excess and exuberance, the likes of which could only have occurred in that place, at that time. That it culminated in an unlikely World Series win--during a campaign split by the longest player strike in baseball history--is not even the most interesting thing about this team. The Dodgers were led by the garrulous Tommy Lasorda--part manager, part cheerleader--who unyieldingly proclaimed devotion to the franchise through monologues about bleeding Dodger blue and worshiping the "Big Dodger in the Sky," and whose office hosted a regular stream of Hollywood celebrities. Steve Garvey, the All-American, All-Star first baseman, had anchored the most durable infield in major league history, and, along with Davey Lopes, Bill Russell, and Ron Cey, was glaringly aware that 1981 would represent the end of their run together. The season's real story, however, was one that nobody expected at the outset: a chubby lefthander nearly straight out of Mexico, twenty years old with a wild delivery and a screwball as his flippin' out pitch. The Dodgers had been trying for decades to find a Hispanic star to activate the local Mexican population; Fernando Valenzuela was the first to succeed, and it didn't take long for Fernandomania to sweep far beyond the boundaries of Chavez Ravine
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xiv, 370 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Prologue
  • The manager
  • Snatched
  • Eighty-one
  • Mania
  • Buried
  • Struck
  • La-la
  • Second act
  • Houston-ho!
  • Tundra
  • Doodle Dandy
  • Aftermath
Isbn
9781328715531
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They bled blue : the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers : Fernandomania, strike-season mayhem, and the weirdest championship baseball had ever seen
Title
They bled blue
Title remainder
the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers : Fernandomania, strike-season mayhem, and the weirdest championship baseball had ever seen
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Jason Turbow
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"In the Halberstam tradition of capturing a season through its unforgettable figures, They Bled Blue is a sprawling, mad tale of excess and exuberance, the likes of which could only have occurred in that place, at that time. That it culminated in an unlikely World Series win--during a campaign split by the longest player strike in baseball history--is not even the most interesting thing about this team. The Dodgers were led by the garrulous Tommy Lasorda--part manager, part cheerleader--who unyieldingly proclaimed devotion to the franchise through monologues about bleeding Dodger blue and worshiping the "Big Dodger in the Sky," and whose office hosted a regular stream of Hollywood celebrities. Steve Garvey, the All-American, All-Star first baseman, had anchored the most durable infield in major league history, and, along with Davey Lopes, Bill Russell, and Ron Cey, was glaringly aware that 1981 would represent the end of their run together. The season's real story, however, was one that nobody expected at the outset: a chubby lefthander nearly straight out of Mexico, twenty years old with a wild delivery and a screwball as his flippin' out pitch. The Dodgers had been trying for decades to find a Hispanic star to activate the local Mexican population; Fernando Valenzuela was the first to succeed, and it didn't take long for Fernandomania to sweep far beyond the boundaries of Chavez Ravine
Biography type
collective biography
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Turbow, Jason
Dewey number
796.357/640979494
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)
  • Valenzuela, Fernando
  • Lasorda, Tommy
  • World Series (Baseball)
  • Pitchers (Baseball)
  • Baseball managers
  • SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History
  • SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / General
  • SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / Essays & Writings
  • HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
  • HISTORY / United States / 21st Century
  • Lasorda, Tommy
  • Valenzuela, Fernando
  • Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)
  • World Series (Baseball)
  • Baseball managers
  • Pitchers (Baseball)
  • Mexico
  • United States
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They bled blue : the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers : Fernandomania, strike-season mayhem, and the weirdest championship baseball had ever seen, Jason Turbow
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Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-357) and index
Contents
Prologue -- The manager -- Snatched -- Eighty-one -- Mania -- Buried -- Struck -- La-la -- Second act -- Houston-ho! -- Tundra -- Doodle Dandy -- Aftermath
Control code
on1060183380
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xiv, 370 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781328715531
Lccn
2018043599
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1060183380
Label
They bled blue : the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers : Fernandomania, strike-season mayhem, and the weirdest championship baseball had ever seen, Jason Turbow
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-357) and index
Contents
Prologue -- The manager -- Snatched -- Eighty-one -- Mania -- Buried -- Struck -- La-la -- Second act -- Houston-ho! -- Tundra -- Doodle Dandy -- Aftermath
Control code
on1060183380
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xiv, 370 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781328715531
Lccn
2018043599
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1060183380

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