Books on Sports: Guest Jason Turbow, "They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Ever Seen"

Jun 21, 2019 · 26m 14s
Books on Sports: Guest Jason Turbow, "They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Ever Seen"
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My guest today is author Jason Turbow. He is the author of the new book They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The...

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My guest today is author Jason Turbow. He is the author of the new book They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers. In the Halberstam tradition of capturing a season through its unforgettable figures, They Bled Blue is a sprawling, mad tale of excess and exuberance, the likes of which could only have occurred in that place, at that time. That it culminated in an unlikely World Series win—during a campaign split by the longest player strike in baseball history—is not even the most interesting thing about this team.
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