Miracle in Chavez Ravine: The Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988

William F. McNeil

Miracle in Chavez Ravine: The Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988
Format
Paperback
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Country
United States
Published
11 June 2008
Pages
216
ISBN
9780786435012

Miracle in Chavez Ravine: The Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988

William F. McNeil

After winning the 1981 World Series, raising the expectations of management and fans, the Los Angeles Dodgers followed up with six years of disappointing finishes. By the time they ended the 1987 season 17 games behind the hated Giants, general manager Fred Claire had seen enough. Over the winter Claire radically restructured the team, bringing in fiery players like outfielder Kirk Gibson, closer Jay Howell and shortstop Alfredo Griffin to spark the team out of complacency.Led by Gibson and pitcher Orel Hershiser, the upstart Dodgers outlasted Houston in a race for the NL West title. They then edged a star-studded Mets team in the league championship series. But their best, most dramatic moments came in the World Series, when the Dodgers shocked everyone by bashing the A’s of McGwire and Canseco in five games. In the first book-length history of the 1988 Dodgers, author Bill McNeil covers the story from all angles.

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