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New York Baseball in 1951

By Rudy Marzano

New York Baseball in 1951 Politics & History

New York Baseball in 1951

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This work covers one of the most controversial pennant races in baseball history. The Brooklyn Dodgers were leading the pennant race by 13 games in early August when the New York Giants installed a powerful telescope in one of their clubhouse windows and aimed it at the opposing catcher, some 500 feet away, enabling a Giants coach to steal the signs and signal them to the Giants bullpen, which would then flash them to the Giants batter. Thus at home games every Giants hitter knew what was coming, and Bobby Thomson was ready to hit the pennant-deciding home run. Was it an honest race or did the Giants cheat? Amazingly the secret of this scheme remained secret for 50 years, until 2001.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
210
Release Date:
2011-02-15
Publication Date:
2011-02-08
Publisher:
McFarland and Company, Inc.
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
078644830X
ISBN13:
9780786448302
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
312 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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