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Of all the teams in the annals of baseball, only a select few can
lay claim to historic significance. One of those teams is the 1947
Brooklyn Dodgers, the first racially integrated Major League team
of the twentieth century. The addition of Jackie Robinson to its
roster changed not only baseball but also the nation. Yet Robinson
was just one member of that memorable club, which included Carl
Furillo, Gil Hodges, Pee Wee Reese, Pete Reiser, Duke Snider, Eddie
Stanky, Arky Vaughan, and Dixie Walker. Also present was a quartet
of baseball's most unforgettable characters: co-owners Branch
Rickey and Walter O'Malley, suspended manager Leo Durocher, and
radio announcer Red Barber. This book is the first to offer
biographies of everyone on that incomparable team as well as
accounts of the moments and events that marked the Dodgers' 1947
season: Commissioner Happy Chandler suspending Durocher, Rickey
luring his old friend Burt Shotton out of retirement to replace
Durocher, and brilliant outfielder Reiser being sidelined after
running into a fence. In spite of all this, the Dodgers went on to
win the National League pennant over the heavily favored St. Louis
Cardinals. And of course, there is the biggest story of the season,
where history and biography coalesce: Jackie Robinson, who overcame
widespread hostility to become Rookie of the Year-and to help the
Dodgers set single-game attendance records in cities around the
National League.
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