{"product_id":"the-last-years-of-the-rudy-marzano-9780786430062","title":"The Last Years of the Brooklyn Dodgers: A History, 1950-1957","description":"\u003cp\u003e This work, which picks up where the author's previous book, \u003ci\u003eThe Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s\u003c\/i\u003e (McFarland, 2005), left off, covers the Dodgers' final eight years in Brooklyn. Chapters carry the reader from the 1951 playoffs, when a late season collapse and Thomson's \"Shot Heard Round the World\" dealt Brooklyn a heartbreaking blow, through the 1955 World Series title, and finally to Walter O'Malley's controversial decision to move the team to Los Angeles. The author covers each season in-depth and assesses popular perceptions of the Dodgers, their players and owners, and considers O'Malley's culpability in the team's departure, which ended a string of 74 years in which Brooklyn had major league baseball.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rudy Marzano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786430060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786430062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.17w x 0.46d","brand":"Rudy Marzano","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077901185279,"sku":"9780786430062","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b34d76b7-e330-4842-ba7a-01a7c1d301ee.jpg?v=1685472401","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-years-of-the-rudy-marzano-9780786430062","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}