Dodgers, Nets and the Rest

Dodgers, Nets and the Rest tells the remarkable story of what happened when Brooklyn lost the team that defined it. For generations, the Brooklyn Dodgers were far more than a baseball club. They embodied the borough's working-class spirit, resilience and sense of identity, becoming one of the most beloved teams in American sport. Their departure to Los Angeles in 1957 left a wound that would take decades to heal. Blending sports history, cultural commentary and first-hand reporting, Thomas Blow traces the rise of the Dodgers, the controversial decision to relocate west, the heartbreak felt across Brooklyn and the long search for a new team to call its own. Along the way he explores the growth of modern American sport, the birth of the New York Mets, the transformation of Los Angeles into a sporting powerhouse and the eventual arrival of the Brooklyn Nets in 2012. Drawing on extensive archival research, interviews and his own experiences living in New York, this is a compelling story about identity, community and what happens when a city loses a piece of itself.