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Title: The Giants and the Dodgers: Four Cities, Two Teams, One Rivalry by Andrew Goldblatt ISBN: 0-7864-1640-8 Publisher: McFarland & Company Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An Encyclopedic Look at a Long-Time Rivalry
Comment: I doubt if very many Dodgers or Giants fans know the full history of the rivalry. Although I have followed the Dodgers since 1956 when they won the World Series, over a third of this book was new to me. I felt I added to my enjoyment of the Dodgers by seeing them in the perspective of the Giants.
To me, baseball has always been about beating the Yankees so although the Giants have always been tough on the Dodgers (except for rare periods), I didn't really notice the rivalry . . . except on October 3rd when for so many years the Giants had the ultimate hex on the Dodgers. Reading this book made me want to read a book that just focused on the Yankees and the Dodgers. One of the highlights of my career as a baseball fan was watching the Dodgers win to clinch the World Series in Yankee Stadium in 1981.
I found the book to be a little too encyclopedic to be totally satisfying to me. I really didn't want to know all of those little facts about the early days. More time could have been spent on the personalities of the key owners, players, coaches and umpires, and the book would have been improved.
Also, I didn't really want to know as much about the Giants as I wanted to know about the Dodgers . . . so I think this book will be more attractive to Giants fans than to Dodgers fans. My impression is that the Giants have been written about much less than the Dodgers have.
But if you just want to have one book about the Giants and the Dodgers, this is surely the one to own. I don't know of any book that comes near it on this subject.
As I finished the book, I realized that we are fortunate to have talented rivals and dedicated fans. Both play a role in helping bring out the best in us. Both Dodgers and Giants fans have been blessed in this way.
Rating: 4
Summary: Baseball fans of all teams should read this!
Comment: A friend of mine gave me this book, thinking that any baseball fan would like it. Well, I have read enough baseball books that I didn't enjoy...you know how that goes. This book not only provides an in-depth understanding of this historic rivalry, but shows how rivalries develop and how important they are to our passion for this great game. Golblatt weaves history in contemporary terms showing how the game developed with our country, how baseball became so ingrained in our culture, and why we feel so passionate about "our" teams. Baseball fans and fanciers of American history will enjoy the stories that alone seem inocuous, but when strung together, show us both the forest and the trees. And for Giants and Dodgers fans, this is a compelling read that gives perspective on this historic rivalry. Thank you, Mr. Goldblatt, for allowing me to regain those strong feelings about a game that seems to be nothing more than a game so often lately.
Rating: 5
Summary: An unique and exciting, era-by-era analysis
Comment: The Giants And The Dodgers: Four Cities, Two Teams, One Rivalry by baseball enthusiast Andrew Goldblatt (Administrative Specialist in the Office of Risk Management, University of California - Berkeley) is the informed and definitive account of these two great baseball teams and their legendary players from the teams' origins in the 1840s down to the present day. A thoroughly enjoyable and enlivening read for Giants and Dodgers fans alike, The Giants And The Dodgers is an unique and exciting, era-by-era analysis which filled from cover to cover with anecdotes.
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Title: Tales from the San Francisco Giants Dugout by Nick Peters ISBN: 1582616868 Publisher: Sports Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Last Good Season: Brooklyn, the Dodgers, and Their Final Pennant Race Together by Michael Shapiro ISBN: 0385501528 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Dodgers Encyclopedia by William F. McNeil ISBN: 1582616337 Publisher: Sports Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: 04 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Ebbets to Veeck to Busch: Eight Owners Who Shaped Baseball by Benita W. Boxerman, Burton Alan Boxerman ISBN: 0786415622 Publisher: McFarland & Company Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Kansas City Athletics: A Baseball History, 1954-1967 by John E. Peterson ISBN: 0786416106 Publisher: McFarland & Company Pub. Date: 04 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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