The Boys of Summer, by Roger Kahn

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

The one you want is: the mass market paperback, publushed in 1973. See, the first edition, and second ('71 and '72) came out before the deaths of Hodges and Robinson (April and October, '72, respectively). And for some crazy reason, he took that chapter out in subsequent editions...not to mention some of Chuck Dressen's obscenities...can't do without them!

Wonderful book, in which there are things that are not in any other book, whether you are forever brooklyn dodger blue, or not.

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Posted By: peter chao

Julie,

Well, is there anything in the book for the Giants fan.

Actually, I really admired the Brooklyn Dodgers and their team spirit was infectious. Wow...did people really say prayers for Gil Hodges, hoping that he would break out of a World Series slump.

It's only when the Brooklyn Dodgers became the LA Dodgers then they became the hated rivals of the SF Giants, my home team.

Peter

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Posted By: dennis

julie:great to see you post. are you starting to collect again? that team was imo the best team ever in the NL.

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Posted By: Chris Counts

Wow, Dennis! Your display of 1956 Topps Dodgers reminds me how great 1950's baseball cards are. I wish this site was dedicated to "Pre-1960 cards." Isn't it amazing that a team with only World Series championship could lay claim to being the greatest NL team ever? The only team I can think of that's close is the Reds of 1975-76 ...

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

The Bums....

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Posted By: peter chao

Dennis,

There are two other NL teams that need to be mentioned. John McGraw's Giants teams and Connie Mack's A's of the early '30s.

Peter

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

The A's were in the NL?

You're probably thinking of the AL Philadelphia A's of 1929...definitely one of the greatest teams of all time.

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Posted By: Jason L

May I ask:
- whose gloves were theose 3 in the case?
- and what does that nice 4-picture matted frame depict?

thanks for sharing
Jason L

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Jason, the three gloves are L-R Billy Herman, Can't remember off hand but it's a nice buckle back, and a nice Spalding split finger without any endorsement.

The pics in the matted frame are snapshots from a 1940 Red Sox/Yankees game at Fenway.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Dan- that is a real nice display.

But as I look at your photo, it appears the ball that is sitting on the bookcase is reflecting brightly off the panorama some three feet above it. Where is the light source that caused that reflection?

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

There is a ceiling fan in that room with a baseball globe on it. It used to be my son's room, but he wanted to move into a bigger room so I made it into my baseball display room, but he has since moved back into that room and I finished my basement into a family room so my wife let me have the living room so I'm now working on a new baseball room that I'll have pics up on my photobucket site soon. How's that for a run-on sentence?

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Posted By: barrysloate

Yes, very run on- but I now realize it wasn't the ball but the overhead globe. However, if you go back to the image, you will see the ball on the table and the reflection do look identical.

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Posted By: peter chao

Dan,

You're right the A's with Jimmy Foxx, Eddie Collins, and Lefty Grove were in the AL, thanks for correcting me.

Peter

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

I didn't even notice the reflection on the panorama until you pointed it out.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Peter, don't forget Al Simmons and Mickey Cochrane. That team was loaded.