The MLB’s Giants and A’s also loom large, as do essential reads about Japanese American baseball, the Pacific Coast League and more.
, Oakland and San Diego. Since then, the Golden State has produced some of the most iconic teams in MLB history, including the Koufax-and-Drysdale Dodgers, the Oakland A’s “Mustache Gang,” and the three-time World Series champion Giants of the 2010s.
Right-hander Don Drysdale, who pitched the Dodgers to a 7-2 win over the Minnesota Twins in Los Angeles to even the World Series at two games to two, gets a headlock on two Dodgers who smashed home runs, Oct. 10, 1965. Lou Johnson is at left and Wes Parker at right. Here are 20+ essential California baseball reads, arranged in alphabetical order, covering everything from sandlot teams to world champions.
‘The Best Team Money Can Buy: The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse’ by Molly Knight ‘Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s’ by Jason Turbow
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