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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.
List of contents
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
About the author
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.
