The Giants-Dodgers rivalry began in the 1840s, was considered to be
the best in baseball by 1890, and continues to be the game's oldest
and most storied rivalry today. Three reasons it has been the best
are how often both teams have been good, how rarely they have been
bad, and how tenaciously they have battled each other. At the
rivalry's peak, from 1946 to 1971, the Giants and Dodgers finished
either one - two or within five games of first place a remarkable
nine times. This, the first book on the Giants-Dodgers saga in over
forty years, is the definitive account of the rivalry from its
beginning to the present. It covers both teams and their players,
including all the greats, such as Wee Willie Keeler, John McGraw,
Christy Mathewson, Mel Ott, Leo Durocher, Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee
Reese, Ralph Branca, Sandy Koufax, Juan Marichal, Joe Morgan, Tommy
Lasorda, and Barry Bonds, among many others. It also examines the
two teams' four cities, and gives special attention to their moves
to California in the 1950s. The rivalry arguably reached its apex
in the years following the move.
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