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Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy

内容简介

Noimmortalinthehistoryofbaseballretiredsoyoung,sowell,orsocompletelyasSandyKoufax.Aftercompilingaremarkablerecordfrom1962to1966thatsawhimleadtheNationalLeagueinERAallfiveyears,winthreeCyYoungawards,andpitchfourno-hittersincludingaperfectgame,Koufaxessentiallydisappeared.SaveforhisinductionintotheHallofFameandoccasionalappearancesattheDodgerstrainingcamp,Koufaxhasremainedunavailable,unassailable,andunsullied,intheprocessbecomingmuchmorethanjustthebestpitcherofhisgeneration.HeistheJewishboyfromBrooklyn,whorefusedtopitchtheopeninggameofthe1965WorldSeriesonYomKippur,defininghimselfasamanwhoplacedfaithoverfame.ThisactmadehimthestandardtowhichJewishparentsstillholdtheirchildren.Exceptforhisautobiography(publishedin1966),Koufaxhasresolutelyavoidedtalkingabouthimself.ButthroughsheerdoggednessthatevenKoufaxcametomarvelat,JaneLeavywasabletogainhistrusttothepointwheretheytalkedregularlyoverthethreeyearsLeavyreportedherbook.WithKoufax′sblessing,Leavyinterviewednearlyeveryoneofhisformerteammates,opponents,andfriends,andemergedwithaportraitoftheartistthatisasthoroughandstylishaswashiscommandonthepitchingmound.

作者简介

JaneLeavyisanaward-winningformersportswriterandfeaturewriterfortheWashingtonPost.SheistheauthorofSandyKoufaxandthecomicnovelSqueezePlay,called“thebestnoveleverwrittenaboutbaseball”byEntertainmentWeekly.ShelivesinWashington,D.C.

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