Dodging Baseball's Good Graces

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Although Walter O'Malley has been dead for nearly 30 years his, the former Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers owner is still one of the most controversial persons ever associated with the sport. Michael D’Antonio's exhaustive biography of O’Malley is called Forever Blue.

Event: Michael D'Antonio will be in conversation with Walter O'Malley's son Peter, moderated by Richard Sandomir of the New York Times
Saturday, March 21, at 1:00 pm
Brooklyn Historical Society
128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn

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