Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between

Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between

A story about baseball, family, the American Dream, and the fight to turn Los Angeles into a big league city.
Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond …

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