History, Memory And Mass Atrocity Essays on the Holocaust And Genocide Book

Best quote in this book - "Jay Johnstone: Tommy said to [Steve] Sax before the game, "Go with me for a walk around the field." So he and Sax started walking. Tommy said, "How many people in this country can play big-league baseball? How many big leaguers can hit .280? How many big leaguers can steal 40 bases?" Sax kept saying, "Not many." Then Lasorda said, "How many women can throw the ball to first base? Every f---ing one of them! So why the f--- can't you throw the ball to first base?"

That kills me because all of us Dodger fans said that last sentence over and over during Steve's throwing issues! Lol! Second best quote? Lasorda's rant about Kingman's 3 homer day against LA! I love the Dodgers, so this book was my cup of tea! And I started reading it on the first day of spring training games this year, so that felt even better! This book covers the Dodgers from 1957-2001, and it tells the story through quotes of those that were there! Good stuff all the way through, though Chapter 7, The Roseboro-Marichal Brawl, was my favorite! Roseboro's quotes are hilarious! And I had never known all of that detail about that day, 'till now!

I will take umbrage though with the author's description of Tim McCarver. He writes about Tim, "Now a brilliant TV analyst for Fox, ...". What the? Brilliant? I could not disagree more! McCarver was as bad as Joe Buck is now, if not worse. Delsohn, where did that come from? I hope you were forced to write that, otherwise I'm a bit suspicious of your ability to discern what the word brilliant means.

Besides that, a good book, and a great deal of fun for Dodger fans!