The Rise and Fall of Dodgertown
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The Rise and Fall of Dodgertown

60 Years of Baseball in Vero Beach

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eBook - ePub

The Rise and Fall of Dodgertown

60 Years of Baseball in Vero Beach

About this book

Ironically, the last year of Dodgertown will mark the sixtieth anniversary of the team's relationship with Vero Beach, a sleepy beach town a couple of hours north of Miami. Since 1948, when Branch Rickey first brought his team to a former naval air station for training (the players slept in barracks), the Dodgers have practiced fundamentals in a bucolic setting. Featuring roofless dugouts, a grassy berm surrounding the outfield, and intimate seating for 6,400, Holman Stadium has been home to the Dodgers longer than even famed Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.

Granted special access to the team's archives and personal interviews with players, management, and staff, Rody Johnson offers a fascinating and remarkable history of the sometimes rocky relationship between the city and the team. Beginning with the signing of Jackie Robinson in 1946 and ending with the close of spring training in 2007, The Rise and Fall of Dodgertown traces the changes in baseball and society for more than a half century. It is a story of community, passion, and the beauty of an American sport.

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Information

Publisher
University Press of Florida
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9780813031941
eBook ISBN
9780813059235

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface and Acknowledgments
  6. Part 1. The Late Forties
  7. Part 2. The Fifties
  8. Part 3. The Sixties
  9. Part 4. The Seventies
  10. Part 5. The Eighties
  11. Part 6. The Nineties
  12. Part 7. Two Thousand and Beyond
  13. Afterword
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliographic Essay
  16. References
  17. Index