false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176774892m/653118.jpg 653118 6 <p>Nobody ever threw a baseball better than Sandy Koufax. He dominated the game -- and the ball, making it rise, break, sing. Then, after his best season, in 1966, he was gone, retired at age thirty, leaving behind a reputation as the game's greatest lefty and most misunderstood man. The Brooklyn boy whom the Dodgers signed as "the Great Jewish Hope" will forever be known for his refusal to pitch the opening game of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur. Forty years later, Koufax stands apart and alone, a legend who declines his own celebrity. In <i>Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy</i>, Jane Leavy dispels the mystery to discover a man more than worthy of the myth.</p> 639227 2002 Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy total:265|5:67|4:122|3:63|2:11|1:2| 265 1036 332 43 4 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jan 17 17:46:08 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 17:46:27 -0800 2008
Instead this is as subtle, probing, smartly written as any biography could be. Jan...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 20:27:02 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 20:35:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true true Fri May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 17:07:07 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 12:42:41 -0700 2008
Update, 5-25-08:
Here's a couple I learned so far:
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encomium - shoot. I can't remember this on...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 24 16:44:17 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 24 07:49:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 25 12:44:20 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 11:42:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 30 21:59:18 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 21:40:12 -0800 2009 I found the book very interesting and certainly learned a lot. Jane Leavy's style is a tri...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 20 06:19:39 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 06:23:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 18:26:05 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 18:28:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Sep 07 18:28:36 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 18:28:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 13:00:53 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 16:28:52 -0700 2008
It's a pleasant trip into the past for anyone who lived during the Koufax-Drysdale era and recalls growing up with that brand of baseball and it's players. Best of all, it reads ve...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sat Feb 21 09:04:14 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 09:04:14 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Aug 29 05:49:31 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 22:05:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon May 18 10:03:28 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 10:05:09 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Dec 11 16:22:11 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 16:24:26 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Fri Feb 27 06:30:05 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 06:31:08 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Feb 04 15:33:02 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 15:33:32 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Dec 30 13:56:45 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 13:57:25 -0800 2008 Koufax is notably private which may have hindered the author, but this is worth a read. ]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sun Nov 30 11:26:06 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 11:26:32 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 22:29:09 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 18:24:08 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 10 11:51:01 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 11:56:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=653118