Bird-Hunting-In-Brooklyn.Pdf
Bird Hunting In Brooklyn Ebbets Field, The Dodgers & The 1949 National League Pennant Race By Bob Mack Copyright © 2008 by Bob Mack All rights reserved ISBN 978-1-4357-1190-7 To The Fans Of The Brooklyn Dodgers Past, Present, And Future Contents 1st Inning. The Winter Of '48: Wherein The Mahatma Disposes Of Old Favorites And Konfronts The Klan 1 2nd Inning. Spring Training: Wherein Jackie Robinson Fails To Turn The Other Cheek, And The Grand Dragon Belches Smoke But No Fire 24 3rd Inning. The Season Opens: Wherein Gene Hermanski Turns A Trifecta, And The Lip Pummels A Dodgers' Fan 55 4th Inning. Early Returns: Wherein Don Newcombe Arrives In The Big Leagues, And Jackie Robinson Exchanges Holiday Pleasantries With The Lip 76 5th Inning. The Race Begins: Wherein Stan The Man Begins His Annual Blitzkrieg Of Flatbush, And Annie Gets Her Gun In Chicago 115 6th Inning. The All Star Break: Wherein Mr. Robinson Goes To Washington, And Stan The Man Defrocks The Flock 169 7th Inning. Tight As Ticks On A Dog Days: Wherein The Old Sourdough Rolls Sevens And Craps Out, And the Grand Grenouille Croaks In Atlanta 233 8th Inning. The Stretch Run: Wherein The Old Sourdough Outfoxes The Lip, And A Pair Of Second Division Patsies Feast On Fowl 280 9th Inning. World's Series: Wherein Casey Returns To Flatbush, And The Faithful Are Frustrated 406 1 Bob Mack 1st Inning. The Winter Of ’48: Wherein The Mahatma Disposes Of Old Favorites And Konfronts The Klan “Never surrender opportunity for security.” --Branch Rickey The New York City sporting press, never a particularly charitable bunch, had, over the years, bestowed upon the president of the Brooklyn Baseball Club a variety of nicknames for a variety of reasons (the “Deacon”, the “Mahatma”, and “El Cheapo” were the best known); but everyone in the Dodgers’ organization always called Wesley Branch Rickey "Mister".
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