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Mover and Shaker : Walter o'Malley, the Dodgers, and Baseball's Westward Expansion by Andy McCue (2014, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN-100803245084
ISBN-139780803245082
eBay Product ID (ePID)175778183
Product Key Features
Book TitleMover and Shaker : Walter O'malley, the Dodgers, and Baseball's Westward Expansion
Number of Pages488 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicBaseball / History, United States / 20th Century, Baseball / General, Sports
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorAndy Mccue
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2013-046057
Reviews"A compelling, detailed and richly nuanced biography, Mover and Shaker shows O'Malley as a shrewd and daring businessman who become a major force behind key changes in the sport. . . . The real insight of Mr. McCue's book is that O'Malley was a man who embraced risk and adapted well to new situations."-Paul Dickson, Wall Street Journal, "McCue covers this with an expert's hand . . . in this highly readable account of perhaps the most influential baseball owner of the last century."-Seamheads.com , "Andy McCue has written the definitive biography of the fascinating and elusive Walter O'Malley, the man who changed the way a country thinks about its national pastime. Wise and engaging. A must-read for every historian of the game."--Michael Shapiro, author of The Last Good Season, "Andy McCue has written the definitive biography of the fascinating and elusive Walter O'Malley, the man who changed the way a country thinks about its national pastime. Wise and engaging. A must-read for every historian of the game."-Michael Shapiro, author of The Last Good Season, "A compelling, detailed and richly nuanced biography, Mover and Shaker shows O'Malley as a shrewd and daring businessman who became a major force behind key changes in the sport. . . . The real insight of Mr. McCue's book is that O'Malley was a man who embraced risk and adapted well to new situations."--Paul Dickson, Wall Street Journal , "One of the best and most important baseball books of the year, and one that's been a long time comin.'"-Allen Barra, Dallas Morning News , "Outstanding. . . . I really can't recommend Mover & Shaker highly enough."-Rob Neyer, FoxSports.com , "If you are interested in the details of baseball's backroom machinations during the 1940s to the 1970s; the blow by blow account of building Dodger Stadium and the true story of the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn, including a highly credible analysis of his motivation for moving his team and family across the country, then I highly recommend Mover and Shaker by Andy McCue."-Paul Hirsch, seamheads.com
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal796.357092 B
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction: Hitler, Stalin, Walter O'Malley 1. From County Mayo to Montague Street 2. From Gowanus to Montague Street 3. Under New Management 4. Learning the Business 5. Buying Out Rickey 6. Running the Team 7. A New Stadium--Economics 8. A New Stadium--Politics 9. The Laughingstock of the Country 10. Now I Learn It's Been Controversial for Years 11. In Court 12. A Monument to the O'Malleys 13. Loose Ends 14. The Most Powerful Man in Baseball 15. A Totally Different Person 00 16. Peter 17. Marvin Miller and Andy Messersmith 18. Bottom of the Ninth 19. Postgame Source Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisOne of the most influential and controversial team owners in professional sports history, Walter O'Malley (1903-79) is best remembered - and still reviled by many - for moving the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. In Mover and Shaker Andy McCue presents for the first time an objective, complete and nuanced account of O'Malley's life., One of the most influential and controversial team owners in professional sports history, Walter O'Malley (1903-79) is best remembered--and still reviled by many--for moving the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Yet much of the O'Malley story leading up to the Dodgers' move is unknown or created from myth, and there is substantially more to the man. When he entered the public eye, the self-constructed family background and early life he presented was gilded. Later his personal story was distorted by some New York sportswriters, who hated him for moving the Dodgers. In Mover and Shaker Andy McCue presents for the first time an objective, complete, and nuanced account of O'Malley's life. He also departs from the overly sentimentalized accounts of O'Malley as either villain or angel and reveals him first and foremost as a rational, hardheaded businessman, who was a major force in baseball for three decades and whose management and marketing practices radically changed the shape of the game.
LC Classification NumberGV865.O63M44 2014
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