Cincinnati Red and Dodger Blue

Tom Van Riper

doi:10.5771/9781442275393

Cincinnati Red and Dodger Blue

Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Rivalry

Erschienen 2017

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doi.org/10.5771/9781442275393
ISBN print: 978-1-4422-7538-6
ISBN online: 978-1-4422-7539-3
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Abstract

Call it the forgotten rivalry. The Cincinnati Reds and the Los Angeles Dodgers may not share geographical boundaries, and today they don’t even play in the same division, but for a period of time in the 1970s Dodgers vs. Reds was the best rivalry in Major League Baseball. They boasted the biggest names of the game—Johnny Bench, Steve Garvey, Pete Rose, Don Sutton, and Ron Cey, to name a few—and appeared in the World Series seven out of nine years.

In Cincinnati Red and Dodger Blue: Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Rivalry, Tom Van Riper provides a fresh look at these two powerhouse teams and the circumstances that made them so pivotal. Van Riper delves into the players, managers, executives, and broadcasters from the rivalry whose impact on baseball continued beyond the 1970s—including the first recipient of Tommy John surgery (Tommy John himself), the all-time hit king turned gambling pariah (Pete Rose), and two young announcers who would soon go on to national prominence (Al Michaels and Vin Scully). In addition, Van Riper recounts in detail the 1973 season when both teams were at or near their peak form, particularly the extra-inning nail-biter between the Reds and Dodgers that took place on September 21 and effectively decided the divisional race.

Cincinnati Red and Dodger Blue includes never-before-published interviews with former players from the rivalry, providing a personal and in-depth look at this decade in baseball full of upheaval and change. Baseball’s realignment in 1994 may have rendered this great rivalry nearly forgotten, but its story is one that will be enjoyed by baseball fans and historians of all generations.

Schlagworte

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Preface
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
1–8 1 The Right Matchup at the Right Time 1–8
9–16 2 The Pariah 9–16
17–26 3 Making Draft History and Medical History 17–26
27–34 4 Building the Machine 27–34
35–46 5 It Begins 35–46
47–56 6 The Three Kings 47–56
57–70 7 Greatness Recognized and Greatness Snubbed 57–70
71–82 8 Monsters of the Mound 71–82
83–92 9 Packing Them In 83–92
93–102 10 Four Infielders and a Scapegoat 93–102
103–112 11 Showdown 103–112
113–122 12 How Great Were They? 113–122
123–132 13 Sparking an Evolution 123–132
133–138 14 Late Bloomer 133–138
139–146 15 They Shall Be Free 139–146
147–158 16 A Giant Loss 147–158
159–168 17 Grinding toward the Wire 159–168
169–178 18 The Winners 169–178
179–184 19 Frustration 179–184
185–194 20 Onward . . . 185–194
195–202 Epilogue 195–202
203–208 Notes 203–208
209–210 Bibliography 209–210
211–212 Index 211–212
213–213 About the Author 213–213

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