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Informationen zum Autor Tom Van Riper wrote about the business of sports for Forbes for ten years. His body of work includes two cover stories for Forbes magazine which featured Major League Baseball player Matt Kemp and NFL coach Bill Parcells. Prior to Forbes, Van Riper covered the business beat for New York’s Daily News . He is the author of Cincinnati Red and Dodger Blue: Baseball’s Greatest Forgotten Rivalry and New York Loves Them, Cooperstown Snubs Them . Klappentext For a period of time in the 1970s, the Los Angeles Dodgers versus the Cincinnati Reds was one of the best rivalries in Major League Baseball. This book takes a fresh look at these two powerhouses and the players that made them so pivotal, including Johnny Bench, Steve Garvey, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Don Sutton, and Ron Cey. Zusammenfassung For a period of time in the 1970s! the Los Angeles Dodgers versus the Cincinnati Reds was one of the best rivalries in Major League Baseball. This book takes a fresh look at these two powerhouses and the players that made them so pivotal! including Johnny Bench! Steve Garvey! Pete Rose! Joe Morgan! Don Sutton! and Ron Cey. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Prologue Chapter 1: The Right Matchup at the Right Time Chapter 2: The Pariah Chapter 3: Making Draft History and Medical History Chapter 4: Building the Machine Chapter 5: It Begins Chapter 6: The Three Kings Chapter 7: Greatness Recognized and Greatness Snubbed Chapter 8: Monsters of the Mound Chapter 9: Packing Them In Chapter 10: Four Infielders and a Scapegoat Chapter 11: Showdown Chapter 12: How Great Were They? Chapter 13: Sparking an Evolution Chapter 14: Late Bloomer Chapter 15: They Shall Be Free Chapter 16: A Giant Loss Chapter 17: Grinding toward the Wire Chapter 18: The Winners Chapter 19: Frustration Chapter 20: Onward . . . Epilogue Notes Bibliography ...
