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Inside the Book:

Title: Baseball’s Dynasties and the Players Who Built Them
Author: Jonathan Weeks
Publisher: Rowan and Littlefield
Pages: 408
Genre: Sports History

Baseball has had its fair share of one-and-out champions, but few clubs have dominated the sport for any great length of time. Given the level of competition and the expansive length of the season, it is a remarkable accomplishment for a team to make multiple World Series appearances in a short timespan. From the Baltimore Orioles of the 1800s who would go to any length to win—including physically accosting opponents—to the 1934 Cardinals known as the “Gashouse Gang” for their rough tactics and determination, and on to George Steinbrenner’s dominant Yankees of the late twentieth century, baseball’s greatest teams somehow found a way to win year after year.

Spanning three centuries of the game, Baseball’s Dynasties and the Players Who Built Them examines twenty-two of baseball’s most iconic teams. Each chapter not only chronicles the club’s era of supremacy, but also provides an in-depth look at the players who helped make their teams great. Nearly two hundred player profiles are included, featuring such well-known stars as Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, Sandy Koufax, and Pete Rose, as well as players who were perhaps overshadowed by their teammates but were nonetheless vital to their team’s reign, such as Pepper Martin, Allie Reynolds, and George Foster.

With a concluding chapter that profiles the clubs that were on the cusp of greatness, Baseball’s Dynasties and the Players Who Built Them is a fascinating survey of what makes some teams dominate year after year while others get only a small taste of glory before falling to the wayside. Written in a lively style with amusing anecdotes and colorful quotes, this comprehensive book will be of interest to all fans and historians of baseball.

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Meet the Author

Jonathan Weeks

Weeks spent most of his life in the Capital District area of New York. He earned a degree in psychology from SUNY Albany. In 2004, he migrated to Malone, NY. He continues to gripe about the frigid winter temperatures to the present day. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, he writes about the game because he lacked the skill to play it professionally. He still can’t hit a curve ball or lay off the high heat. Baseball’s Dynasties is his fourth nonfiction work.

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Participating Blogs

Monday, July 18 – The Literary Nook

Tuesday, July 19 – The Writer’s Life

Wednesday, July 20 – What Is That Book About?

Thursday, July 21 – Booklover Sue

Friday, July 22 – Books, Reviews, ETC.

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Monday July 25 – Literarily Speaking

Tuesday, July 26 – Rainy Day Reviews

Wednesday, July 27 – Write and Take Flight

Thursday, July 28 – Blooming with Books

Friday, July 29 – Beyond the Books

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Monday, August 1 – I’m Shelf-ish

Tuesday, August 2 – Socrates Book Reviews

Tuesday, August 2 – Authors & Readers Book Corner

Tuesday, August 2 – A Title Wave

Wednesday, August 3 – The Bookworm Lodge

Thursday, August 4 – The Book Connection

Friday, August 5 – Our Family’s Adventure

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Monday, August 8 – As the Page Turns

Tuesday, August 9 – Ali – The Dragon Slayer

Wednesday, August 10 – Bound 2 Escape

Thursday, August 11 – Mello & June, It’s a Book Thang!

Friday, August 12 – PUYB Virtual Book Club

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Monday, August 15 – Lori’s Reading Corner

Tuesday, August 16 – The Book Tree

Wednesday, August 17 – Books Books the Magical Fruit

Thursday, August 18 – Confessions of an Eccentric Bookaholic

Friday, August 19 – My Bookish Pleasures

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