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Book SynopsisBuzzie and the Bull is the story of two men, a championship baseball season, and a country on the brink in 1965.
Trade Review“A wonderful exploration of a single baseball season told with great verve and exceptional research augmented by hours of interviews with Ferrara himself and numerous other baseball luminaries.”—Brian Renvall,
Library Journal“Buzzie’s ability to see intangibles gave him extraordinary insight into a player’s makeup, as evidenced in this delightful read of Al Ferrara, who played eight years in the big leagues.”—Mike Port, former vice president and general manager of the California Angels and the Boston Red Sox
“To memorable duos in baseball history—Ruth and Gehrig, Spahn and Sain, and Abbott and Costello—now add Buzzie and the Bull. In Ken LaZebnik’s masterful hands this unlikely pairing of canny executive and rambunctious player comes alive with flair and fluency.”—Lee Lowenfish, author of the award-winning biography
Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman“Buzzie Bavasi was an unparalleled practitioner in the increasingly lost art of finding player talent that statistics fail to disclose, which helped win a pennant when he found it in Al Ferrara.”—Bob Fontaine Jr., scouting director for the Toronto Blue Jays and former scout for the San Diego Padres, California Angels, and Seattle Mariners
"A fun, quick read that fans of the Dodgers will enjoy."—Lance Smith,
Guy Who Reviews Sports BooksTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
Foreword by Bob Bavasi
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Winter of 1964
2. Spring Training
3. April
4. May
5. June
6. July
7. August
8. September
9. October
10. Winter
11. 1966 and Beyond
Epilogue: Two Lives, One Team
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