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050 00 $aGV875.B7$bO55 2005
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100 1 $aOliphant, Thomas.
245 10 $aPraying for Gil Hodges :$ba memoir of the 1955 World Series and one family's love of the Brooklyn Dodgers /$cThomas Oliphant.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bThomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,$c2005.
300 $axiii, 288 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
520 $aThis book is built around a detailed reconstruction of the seventh game of the 1955 World Series, on the short list of great moments in baseball history. One October afternoon, something happened in New York City that had never happened before and never would again: the Brooklyn Dodgers won the world championship of baseball. Everything that had gone wrong before went gloriously right. Pitch by pitch and inning by inning, Oliphant re-creates a relentless melodrama that shows this final game in its true glory. As we move through the game, he builds a history of the hapless "Bums," exploring the Dodgers' status as a national team, based on their history of near-triumphs and disasters that made them classic underdogs. He weaves into this recounting a memoir of his own family's story and their time together on that fateful day.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aA Bridge in Indiana -- Apartment 2503 -- Scarlet -- Gil, Jackie, Pee Wee, and a Parable of Race -- Two Pitchers -- Getting By -- The Good (and Bad) Old Days -- One Run -- The Man from Fordham -- The Sad, Crazy Saga -- 1955 -- The Longest Inning -- Nine Outs -- Glowing.
610 20 $aBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)$xHistory.
611 20 $aWorld Series (Baseball)$d(1955)
650 0 $aBaseball fans$zUnited States.
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