The Best Baseball Book of the Year (So Far) -- "Forever in Blue"
...By Michael D'Antonio.
A great writer can make a book about the grass in your yard getting mowed interesting, and D'Antonio is a great writer.
Fortunately he has a fascinating subject in his latest work: the late Los Angeles Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley. O'Malley is one of the most controversial figures in all baseball history because he is the man responsible for moving the Brooklyn team out west to Chavez Ravine in LA. "Blue" is a bit of revisionist history that I believe will stand the test of time, as D'Antonio makes a solid and compelling case that lack of fan interest in the borough and New York's master builder Robert Moses are the real villains in the team's move west.
This book should be required reading for anyone interested in baseball, New York city, and America's post WWII history.
Not to be missed.
A great writer can make a book about the grass in your yard getting mowed interesting, and D'Antonio is a great writer.
Fortunately he has a fascinating subject in his latest work: the late Los Angeles Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley. O'Malley is one of the most controversial figures in all baseball history because he is the man responsible for moving the Brooklyn team out west to Chavez Ravine in LA. "Blue" is a bit of revisionist history that I believe will stand the test of time, as D'Antonio makes a solid and compelling case that lack of fan interest in the borough and New York's master builder Robert Moses are the real villains in the team's move west.
This book should be required reading for anyone interested in baseball, New York city, and America's post WWII history.
Not to be missed.
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