Prior to the team headed to Los Angeles in 1957, the Brooklyn Dodgers were perhaps one of the most colorful and beloved teams in baseball. Right now, they stay ingrained in the fabric of our national pastime. In Bums, bestselling writer Peter Golenbock provides compiled a fascinating oral background of the Ebbets Field heroes with recollections from previous players, authors, front-office executives, and faithful supporters. Dodgers’ legends such as for example Pee Wee Reese, Leo Durocher, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Ralph Branca, and many others recall the fluctuations of that unforgettable ball club within their own words.

Brooklyn followers and other football enthusiasts will savor these warmly nostalgic accounts, which range from reminiscences of the magic of Ebbets Field to tales of Jackie Robinson’s historic debut (the Shot Noticed ‘Circular the World), the triumphant 1955 period, and the best betrayal by Walter O’Malley.