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Two brothers called up from the minor leagues try to turn around the Brooklyn Dodgers' dismal prospects It's late in the season, and the Brooklyn Dodgers have been flagging, dropping through the ranks as the Pittsburgh Pirates take the league. When a scout brings Spike and Bob Russell up from the minor leagues, the "Keystone Kids" quickly prove their worth. With Spike at shortstop and Bob at second base, the future starts to look a little brighter-but Spike sees the slumping team begin to fall apart again the following year, as even his own brother picks on Klein, the new Jewish catcher. Exasperated and tired of being in last place, owner Jack MacManus unexpectedly promotes Spike to manager, hoping to shake his team of its losing habit.
Related Subjects
- Baseball & Softball (Sports & Recreation)
- Sports & Recreation (Juvenile Fiction)
- Juvenile Fiction
- Prejudice & Racism
- Social Themes
- Young Adult Fiction
- Baseball & Softball (Sports & Recreation) (Sports & Recreation, Young Adult Fiction)
- Sports & Recreation (Young Adult Fiction)
- 20th Century
- United States
- Historical
Reviews
"When those hypothetical historians of the next century begin to investigate the sports world of our day they will do well to turn to the works of John Tunis. . . . [The] theme of sportsmanship in the fuller sense rings clearly through its racing prose-a challenge to young Americans who must all answer in one form or another the issue which it presents."
The New York Times
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- SeriesBrooklyn Dodgers #2