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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ted ReedPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.299kg ISBN: 9780786447091ISBN 10: 0786447095 Pages: 210 Publication Date: 02 December 2010 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Preface Introduction 1. The Early Years 2. Home from the War 3. The Arrival of Jackie Robinson. 4. The Reading Rifle 5. The Team Takes Shape 6. Forced to Grow Up 7. The First Bad Year 8. The Worst Bad Year 9. “I Couldn’t Even See the Ball” 10. Batting Champ 11. Next Year Finally Arrives 12. “We’re All Dagos in Here” 13. “I Should Never Have Moved Out There” 14. Number Six Passes On 15. The Game Turns Sour 16. Outside Looking In 17. Back Home for Good .162 18. The Right Way to Leave Appendix: Furillo’s Career Statistics Chapter Notes Selected Bibliography IndexReviewsilluminating look into Furillo's career --<i>Examiner.com</i>; this book needed to be written and Ted Reed has done his homework --Carl Erskine, Brooklyn Dodgers; This book offers something unique, something that even the most prominent sportswriters of the past were unable to obtain: extensive, in-depth interviews with Carl Furillo.... The author has given him the voice and the venue he never had when he was alive. --Judith Testa, author of <i>Sal Maglie, Baseball's Demon Barber</i>; Reed is at his best in analyzing and clarifying the two specific incidents that diminished Furillo's image when his playing days ended. He uses Furillo's own words along with the testimony of teammates, to refute the charge that he was opposed to Jackie Robinson joining the Dodgers in 1947. The more significant 'rap' against Furillo concerns his 1960 departure from the Dodgers. The roles of Marvin Miller, Andy Messersmith, Dave McNally, and Curt Flood have been well covered in the literature of baseballs labor-management relations. But Furillo's case, which appears to be a gross injustice, has not. --Lyle Spatz, baseball historian. Author InformationFormer Miami Herald reporter, Ted Reed is a business and labor writer. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |