"Richly layered....An entertaining and informative portrait of two
underappreciated teams in an unforgettable time."--Boston Sunday
Globe
The most surprising World Series ever? Many baseball fans would
agree that it was the epic 1966 clash between the reigning champion
Los Angeles Dodgers and the perennial underdog Baltimore Orioles.
The godlike Sandy Koufax had led the Dodgers to victory in two
previous World Series, and had finished the season with
twenty-seven wins, a personal best. Few outside Baltimore gave the
Orioles - slugger Frank Robinson leading a young team of no-name
kids and promising prospects - more than a fighting chance against
such series veterans as Koufax, Don Drysdale, Maury Wills, and the
rest. Experts were betting that Los Angeles would sweep it in four.
What transpired instead astonished the nation, as the greatest
pitching performance in World Series history capped a redemption
beyond imagining.
"Guaranteed to score a home run." -"Essence"
"Astonishing. . . . Adelman goes way past the box scores to get
information that makes the players more human and the games more
dramatic." -"San Diego Union-Tribune"
""Black and Blue" delivers good baseball action, ownerly perfidy,
and social context." -"Boston"" Globe"
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