Through a Blue Lens: The Brooklyn Dodgers Photographs of Barney Stein, 1937-1957 As one of New York's legendary news photographers, Barney Stein covered everything from popes to presidents, from gangsters to glamour girls. But no job brought him more joy and fame than as the official team photographer for the legendary Brooklyn Dodgers. For two decades, his camera captured the Dodgers in all their glory, both on and off the field. Now, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Dodgers' last season in Brooklyn, Barney Stein's photos live again.

Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season The author of the acclaimed Luckiest Man (2005) a biography of Lou Gehrig, turns here to another great American sportsman, Jackie Robinson. So elegant in its logic is Eig's angle--chronicling Robinson's first major-league season (1947) with the Brooklyn Dodgers--it's a wonder no one thought of it before. From Robinson's preseason call-up by Brooklyn's legendary GM, Branch Rickey, to the 1947 World Series, in which the Dodgers took the Yankees to a seventh game (Brooklyn lost), Eig details the dynamics of Robinson's hard-earned acceptance by teammates, the well-chronicled abuse Robinson took from opposing fans and players, the response of local and out-of-town press, and the impact the season had on Robinson's family and on African Americans. Eig also shows what a flat-out great player Robinson was that season. If Eig's workmanlike writing style doesn't necessarily pull the reader along, his account of the Dodgers' dramatic 1947 pennant race will. Even Dodger haters--and they are legion--will cheer on the Bums in this fine account. Alan Moores

Rick Monday's Tales from the Dodger Dugout It took something truly remarkable to save the 1981 Major League Baseball season from being remembered only as the year of the players' strike. It took the Los Angeles Dodgers: Fernandomania and 'Sorda and Garv and Bake and the Penguin. It took three amazing October comebacks to beat the Houston Astros, the Montreal Expos and, finally, the New York Yankees, avenging Dodger World Series losses to the Yankees in 1977 and 1978. Rick Monday was right in the middle of that magical Dodger season. His recollections and conversations with teammates provide a behind-the-scenes view of one of the most amazing teams and seasons in baseball history in Rick Monday's Tales from the Dodgers Dugout.

The Perfect Pitch: The Biography of Roger Owens, the Famous Peanut Man at Dodger Stadium You might be thinking, why would I want to read a book about a peanut vendor? Well, this book isn't about any ordinary peanut vendor. This is the Roger Owens, who has thrown peanuts at Dodger games for the last 46 years and is still going strong. Roger's story is inspirational and engaging. He came from a large, poor family and spent a very tough childhood trying to find himself. Roger and his siblings were placed in different foster homes. Baseball and the LA Dodgers turned out to be Roger's saving grace. He began his vending career at the Coliseum and moved with the Dodgers to Dodger Stadium in 1962. Roger developed quite a following with his humor and special ability to throw peanuts behind his back and between his legs and hit his mark every time. Roger also experienced a life threatening jeep accident early in his career. Roger's nephew Daniel wrote this book about his uncle and it is indeed a labor of love. If you read just one book about a peanut vendor, make it this one. (Gary Tallman, Tarzana, CA)

Few And Chosen: Defining Dodger Greatness Across the Eras Before curses and quaint ballparks were in vogue, the Brooklyn Dodgers were playing in a beloved old park in front of passionate fans whose hopes were dashed with cruel regularity. The Brooklyn Dodgers couldn’t win the big one, but throughout their fascinating history they always had tremendous talent, which continued after their move to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, winning the big one became more than just a once-every-half-century event. Zach Wheat, Burleigh Grimes, Jackie Robinson, Sandy Koufax, Gil Hodges, Steve Garvey, Fernando Valenzuela—the list of Dodgers greats is virtually endless. Rating the top five Dodgers of all time at each position would be a daunting task sure to incite sharp debate among all Dodgers fans, whether their allegiances are to Brooklyn or Los Angeles. Duke Snider, former Dodgers great and Hall of Famer who played on both coasts, has done just that. In Few and Chosen, he has selected the top five players at each position and the top five Dodgers managers. His compilation evokes cherished memories of one of the richest histories in sports and spotlights the luminescent talent that has worn Dodgers blue.

The Last Nine Innings: Inside the Real Game Fans Never See Ted Williams, who made baseball look easy, once remarked that it is actually the hardest game to play. Euchner shows just how difficult and complex this "kids' game" is, marshalling an impressive array of interviews with players, coaches, managers, umpires, former players, statisticians and broadcasters to describe the inner workings of the national pastime and the changing ways insiders and outsiders approach the game. He presents all of this via game seven of the 2001 World Series, an emotional contest played against the backdrop of 9/11 in which the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the New York Yankees. Each play of this game provides a jumping-off point for a discussion of some aspect of 21st-century baseball: the thought processes that guide a pitcher as he decides what to throw, the split-second calculations that fielders make to track batted balls, or the thinking of the managers as the contest unfolds. Unfortunately, Readers will come away from this book with a good overview of the trends driving the game today and renewed appreciation for just how tough a game baseball is. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Dodger Blue - The Championship Years From the moment they became a part of everyday life in Brooklyn, the Dodgers were something special. Night after night they battled, winning the hearts of fans both young and old. But then they would face the Yankees in the World Series, and "Dem Bums" would break those very same hearts. "Wait until next year" became the mantra in Brooklyn — and following five gut-wrenching World Series losses to those Yankees, "next year" finally came in 1955 when the Dodgers became world champions. Two seasons later, the team moved to Los Angeles, where in 1959 they again captured the title. The days of Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider and Jackie Robinson gave way to Sandy Koufax, Maury Wills and Don Drysdale — and two more championships followed in 1963 and ’65. Fernandomania rocked Los Angeles in the early ’80s — and both Valenzuela and Steve Garvey helped lead the Dodgers to still another title in ’81. Then came the magical season of 1988 when Orel Hershiser rewrote the record books — and Kirk Gibson simply wrote a fairy tale. These are the championship years.

Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy by Jane Leavy Sandy Koufax defined and distinguished himself by what he did on the baseball field and what he refused to do. He challenged batters and stereotypes. On the evening of September 9,1965, he pitched a perfect game against the Chicago Cubs. Less than a month later, he achieved another kind of perfection by refusing to pitch the opening game of the World Series because it fell on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Until then, he was a ballplayer, perhaps the greatest lefthander of all time. Forever after, he would be a symbol, the one thing he never wanted to be. He was the consummate pitcher: elegant, dominant, unsurpassed. He was also an original, perhaps the last athlete who refused to cash in on his fame. He remains unavailable, unassailable, unsullied. In over 400 interviews conducted with Koufax's friends, teammates, and opponents, Jane Leavy has created an unprecedented portrait of a man described by one former Dodger as the most misunderstood man in baseball. "A remarkably rich portrait of an intentionally elusive man." Time Magazine, September 30, 2002

Spring Training Guide Planning a trip to Spring Training? Check out this free sample of A Fan's Guide To The Ultimate Spring Training Experience, updated annually by Major League Baseball writer Joe Connor, who's been to every Spring Training facility in both the Florida "Grapefruit" league and the Arizona "Cactus" league. If you like what you see, you can buy the guide at www.modernerabaseball.com. Joe also provides free e-mail advice on planning your trip.

Ultimate Ballpark Tour Are you planning to visit some ballparks this summer? Check out this sample of A Fans Guide to the Ultimate Ballpark Tour: Fully Loaded!, written by Joe Connor, a freelance MLB writer who's been to more than 100 ballparks, including all the major league parks. This guide features every major league ballpark, plus minor league ballparks and sites to see on your journeys, so it's a travel guide as much as ballpark planning guide! You can also purchase the complete guide at www.modernerabaseball.com

Author	Title	Date
Tygiel, Jules	Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy	1997
Gibson, Kirk, with Lynn Henning	Bottom of the Ninth	1997
Kahn, Roger	The Boys of Summer	1972
Prince, Carl E.	Brooklyn's Dodgers: The Bums, the Borough, and the Best of Baseball 1947-1957	1996
Antonucci, Thomas J.	Brooklyn Dodger Baseball "Them Wonderful Bums"	1992
Rosenblum, Richard	Brooklyn Dodger Days	1991
Golenbock, Peter	Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers	2000
Wolpin, Stewart	Bums No More! The Championship Season of the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers	1997
Gough, David	Burt Shotton, Dodgers Manager: A Baseball Biography	1994
Schoor, Gene	The Complete Dodgers Record Book	1984
Fischler, Stan	Confessions of a Trolley Dodger from Brooklyn	1995
Chadwick, Bruce and David M. Spindel	The Dodgers: Memories and Memorabilia from Brooklyn to L.A.	1993
Durocher, Leo	Dodgers and Me: Inside Story (American Autobiography)	1948
McNeil, William	The Dodger Encyclopedia	1997
McNeil, William	The Dodger Encyclopedia (paperback)	2000
McNeil, William	The Dodger Encyclopedia - Limited (350) Autographed Edition - Autographed by William McNeil, Manny Mota, Duke Snider, Carl Erskine, Davey Lopes and Jim Bunning	1997
Cohen, Marvin A.	The Dodgers - Giants Rivalry 1900 - 1957	2000
Sullivan, Neil J.	The Dodgers Move West	1987
Riley, Dan [Editor]	The Dodgers Reader	1992
Neft, David S., Bob Carroll, Richard M. Cohen	The Dodgers Trivia Book	1993
Cohen, Stanley	Dodgers! The First 100 Years	1992
Snider, Duke, with Bill Gilbert	The Duke of Flatbush	1991
Kahn, Roger	The Era: 1947-1957, When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World	1993
Butler, Brett, with Jerry B. Jenkins	Field of Hope	1997
Goldblatt, Andrew	The Giants and the Dodgers: Four Cities, Two Teams, One Rivalry	2003
Owens, Thomas S.	Great Catchers	1997
Stewart, Wayne	The History of the Los Angeles Dodgers	2002
D'Andrea, Joseph C.	If I Were a Los Angeles Dodger	1994
Campanella, Roy	It's Good to Be Alive	1995
Robinson, Rachel, with Lee Daniels	Jackie Robinson: An Intimate Portrait	1996
Murray, Jim	Jim Murray: The Last of the Best	1998
Gruver, Ed	Koufax	2000
Leavy, Jane	Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy	2002
Schnur, Steven	The Koufax Dilemma	1997
Sehnert, Chris W., and Paul Joseph	Los Angeles Dodgers (America's Game)	1997
Pietrusza, David	The Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Team (Great Sports Teams)	1999
Kahn, Roger	Memories of Summer: When Baseball Was an Art, and Writing About It a Game	1998
Soos, Troy	Murder at Ebbets Field	1996
Fagen, Herb	Nomo: The Inside Story on Baseball's Newest Sensation	1996
Rodman, Edmon J.	Nomo: The Tornado Who Took America by Storm	1996
Frommer, Harvey	New York City Baseball : The Last Golden Age, 1947-1957	1992
Wills, Maury, and Mike Celizic	On the Run: The Never Dull and Often Shocking Life of Maury Wills	1992
Jonathan Eig	Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season	2007
Jim Morris, Joel Engel	The Rookie: The Incredible True Story of a Man Who Never Gave Up on His Dream	2002
Grabowski, John F.	Sandy Koufax (Baseball Legends)	1992
Sanford, William R.	Sandy Koufax (Sports Imortals)	1993
Knapp, Ron	Sports Great Orel Hershiser	1993
Robinson, Sharon	Stealing Home: An Intimate Family Portrait by the Daughter of Jackie Robinson	1996
Monday, Rick	Tales from the Dodger Dugout (Rick Monday)	2006
Davis, Tommy	Tales from the Dodger Dugout (Tommy Davis)	2005
Erskine, Carl	Tales from the Dodger Dugout (Carl Erskine)	2004
Golenbock, Peter	Teammates [about Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese]	1990
Cohen, Barbara	Thank You, Jackie Robinson	1997
Gillette, Silverman, Shea, et al	Total Dodgers 2000	2000
Delsohn, Steve	True Blue : The Dramatic History of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Told by the Men Who Lived It	2001
Stuart, Jeff	Twilight Teams	2000
Goodwin, Doris Kearns	Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir	1997
Erskine, Carl	What I Learned From Jackie Robinson	2005
Out of Print Books
Alston, Walter E., with Si Burick	Alston and the Dodgers	1966
Lasorda, Tommy, and David Fisher	The Artful Dodger	1985
Evers, Crabbe	Bleeding Dodger Blue	1991
Brooklyn Dodgers	Brooklyn Dodgers In Their Original Voices [w/CD]	1998
Honig, Donald	The Brooklyn Dodgers: An Illustrated Tribute	1981
Holmes, Tommy	The Dodgers	1975
Wood, Bob	Dodger Dogs to Fenway Franks	1988
Honig, Donald	Dodgers: The Complete Record of Dodgers Baseball	1986
Littwin, Mike	Fernando Valenzuela, The Screwball Artist	1983
Roseboro, John, with Bill Libby	Glory Days with the Dodgers, and Other Days with Others	1978
Falkner, David	Great Time Coming: The Life of Jackie Robinson from Baseball to Birmingham	1995
Gelman, Steve	The Greatest Dodgers of Them All	1968
Robinson, Ray	The Home Run Heard 'Round the World: The Dramatic Story of the 1951 Giants-Dodgers Pennant Race	1991
Frommer, Harvey	Jackie Robinson	1984
Grabowski, John F.	Jackie Robinson	1991
Rennert, Scott Richard	Jackie Robinson	1987
Sanford, William R	Jackie Robinson	1992
Shorto, Russell	Jackie Robinson and the Breaking of the Color Barrier	1991
Shapiro, Milton J.	Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers	1973
Adler, David A.	Jackie Robinson: He Was the First	1989
Koufax, Sandy, with Ed Linn	Koufax	1966
Ritz, David	The Man who Brought the Dodgers Back to Brooklyn	1981
Drysdale, Don, with Bob Verdi	Once a Bum, Always a Dodger	1990
Hershiser, Orel, with Jerry B. Jenkins	Out of the Blue	1989
Macht, Norman	Roy Campanella	1995
Tackach, James	Roy Campanella	1991
Hano, Arnold	Sandy Koufax, Strikeout King	1966
Burchard, S. H.	Sports Star, Fernando Valenzuela	1982
Vass, George	Steve Garvey, the Bat Boy Who Became a Star	1979
Goldstein, Richard	Superstars and Screwballs: 100 Years of Brooklyn Baseball	1991
Jennison, Christopher	Wait 'til Next Year: The Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants, 1947-1957	1974