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Cincinnati Red and Dodger Blue : baseball's greatest forgotten rivalry / Tom Van Riper.

by Riper, Tom Van, 1963-

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Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.

796.35764 R588c

Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team) -- History.

Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team) -- History.

Baseball teams -- United States -- History.

Sports rivalries -- United States -- History.

9781442275386 (hc.)

xiv, 213 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The right matchup at the right time -- The pariah -- Making draft history and medical history -- Building the machine -- It begins -- The three kings -- Greatness recognized and greatness snubbed -- Monsters of the mound -- Packing them in -- Four infielders and a scapegoat -- Showdown -- How great were they? -- Sparking an evolution -- Late bloomer -- They shall be free -- A giant loss -- Grinding toward the wire -- The winners -- Frustration -- Onward ...

"Call it the forgotten rivalry. The Cincinnati Reds and the Los Angeles Dodgers may not share geographical boundaries, and today they don't even play in the same division, but for a period of time in the 1970s Dodgers vs. Reds was the best rivalry in Major League Baseball. They boasted the biggest names of the game--Johnny Bench, Steve Garvey, Pete Rose, Don Sutton, and Ron Cey, to name a few--and appeared in the World Series seven out of nine years. Tom Van Riper provides a fresh look at these two powerhouse teams and the circumstances that made them so pivotal. The players, managers, executives, and broadcasters from the rivalry whose impact on baseball continued beyond the 1970s--including the first recipient of Tommy John surgery (Tommy John himself), the all-time hit king turned gambling pariah (Pete Rose), and two young announcers who would soon go on to national prominence (Al Michaels and Vin Scully). Van Riper recounts in detail the 1973 season when both teams were at or near their peak form, particularly the extra-inning nail-biter between the Reds and Dodgers that took place on September 21 and effectively decided the divisional race. Includes interviews with former players from the rivalry, providing a personal and in-depth look at this decade in baseball full of upheaval and change. Baseball's realignment in 1994 may have rendered this great rivalry nearly forgotten, but its story is one that will be enjoyed by baseball fans and historians of all generations."--Back cover.

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