Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Blue Design Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed by Corporate Graphics in the United States of America Photographs by Corbis Bettmann Getty Images Andrew D Bernstein Lisa Blumenfeld Diamond Images Kevork Djansezian John Dominis Time Life Pictures Stephen Dunn Focus on Sport Bob Gomel Time Life Pictures Jeff Gross Scott Halleran Allsport Will Hart Eddie Hironaka Ed Jackson NY Daily News Archive Kirby Lee WireImage Ralph Morse Time Life Pictures National Baseball Hall of Fame Library MLB Photos Photo File MLB Photos Louis Reqeuna MLB Photos Robert Riger Mark Rucker Transcendental Graphics Justin Sullivan Copyright 2012 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data for the hardcover edition LeBoutillier Nate The story of the Los Angeles Dodgers by Nate LeBoutillier p cm Baseball the great American game Includes index Summary The history of the Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball team from its inaugural 1890 season in Brooklyn to today spotlighting the team’s greatest players and most memorable moments ISBN 978-1-60818-045-5 hardcover ISBN 978-1-56660-015-6 eBook 1 Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball team History Juvenile literature I Title II Series GV875 L6L43 2011 796 357’640979494 dc22 2010024402 CPSIA 110310 PO1381 First Edition 987654321 Page 3 Pitcher Sandy Koufax Page 4 Pitcher Chad Billingsley
Nate LeBoutillier BASEBALL THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME CREATIVE EDUCATION
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D o d g e r s 5 CONTENTS CHAPTERS Team of Many Names 6 Dodgers Emerge 15 Koufax and Double D 22 Lasorda Takes the Reins 29 Up-and-Down Dodgers 36 AROUND THE HORN Ebbets Field 12 A Baseball Visionary 20 An Act of Brotherhood 24 A Giant Rivalry 31 Hobbled Hero 38 The Dodger Dog 43 ALL-TIME DODGERS P Sandy Koufax 8 C Roy Campanella 13 1B Gil Hodges 14 2B Jackie Robinson 18 3B Ron Cey 23 SS Maury Wills 28 LF Zack Wheat 30 CF Duke Snider 35 RF Carl Furillo 39 M Walter Alston 40 Index 48
