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Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy
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Publisher Price: $19.99
ISBN13: 9780061779008
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: Mar 16 2010
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.30 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
The incomparable and mysterious Sandy Koufax is revealed.... This is an absorbing book, beautifully written. --Wall Street Journal
Leavy has hit it out of the park...A lot more than a biography. It's a consideration of how we create our heroes, and how this hero's self perception distinguishes him from nearly every other great athlete in living memory... a remarkably rich portrait. -- Time
The instant New York Times bestseller, a definitive sports biography about the baseball legend and famously reclusive Dodgers' pitcher Sandy Koufax, from award-winning former Washington Post sportswriter Jane Leavy. Sandy Koufax reveals, for the first time, what drove the iconic Jewish athlete and three-time Cy Young award winner to the pinnacle of baseball and then--just as quickly--into self-imposed exile.
This deeply researched biography reveals the man behind the myth:
- A Lefty's Legacy: A fascinating breakdown of the physics behind his legendary curveball and the biomechanics that made his fastball unstoppable.
- Brooklyn Dodgers History: A vivid portrait of 1950s Brooklyn, the sandlot culture that shaped a generation, and the Dodgers team that defined a borough.
- A Question of Faith: The inside story of his historic decision not to pitch the 1965 World Series opener on Yom Kippur, and how it cemented his place as a hero in the American Jewish community.
- An Abrupt Retirement: An unflinching look at the traumatic arthritis that ended his career at its absolute peak, forcing a famously private man into a self-imposed exile that created a legend.
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