Tales from the Dodger Dugout
Hard Cover. Illinois: Sports Publishing Inc., 2000. First Edition. Fine / Dust Jacket Included.
Foreword by Vin Scully. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Carl Erskine on title page: To Ted - / Best personal regards. / Carl Erskine #17 / 7/18/2000". Publisher's black boards with titles in gilt to spine; original dust jacket with wraparound Dodger team photo, design by Julie L. Denzer. Fine book; fine unclipped dust jacket with just a touch of soiling to underside of spine. Overall, a sharp and excellent copy. In Tales from the Dodger Dugout, Carl Erskine relays anecdotes about the legendary "Boys of Summer" Brooklyn Dodgers team of the mid-50s, which included such baseball greats as Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snyder, and Roy Campanella. Erskine, a great pitcher and key piece of the team, played his entire career with the Brooklyn/LA Dodgers (1948-1959). He set a World Series record in 1953 with 14 strikeouts in Game 3 against the Yankees and won a World Series against them in 1955.
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Price: $175.00
