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Originally Posted by pclpads

My latest read on Gil was, "Praying for Gil Hodges," by Oliphant, 2005. Not a straight bio, per se, but captures what it was like as a young boy coming of age in the mid-50's, notably 1955, when the Dodgers captured the hearts of America. The author and his Brooklynite family lived and died with the team. Much focus is on the 7th game of the series. Gives a vivid portrait of what it was like as a working class family living in Brooklyn in 1955 and Dodgers lived in the same 'hood . . . like that would ever occur today. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

+1...A great Book.

Jeff