Fight of Their Lives : How Juan Marichal and John Roseboro Turned Baseball's Ugliest Brawl into a Story of Forgiveness and Redemption
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One Sunday afternoon in August 1965, on a day when baseball's most storied rivals, the Giants and Dodgers, vied for the pennant, the national pastime reflected the tensions in society and nearly sullied two men forever. Juan Marichal, a Dominican anxious about his family's safety during the civil war back home, and John Roseboro, a black man living in South Central L.A. shaken by the Watts riots a week earlier, attacked one another in a moment immortalized by an iconic photo: Marichal's bat poised to strike Roseboro's head. The violent momentuncharacteristic of either manlinked the two forever and haunted both. Much like John Feinstein's The Punch, The Fight of Their Lives examines the incident in its context and aftermath, only in this story the two men eventually reconcile and become friends, making theirs an unforgettable tale of forgiveness and redemption. The book also explores American culture and the racial prejudices against blacks and Latinos both men faced and surmounted. As two of the premiere ballplayers of their generation, they realized they had more to unite them than keep them apart. --Provided by publisher.
- One Sunday afternoon in August 1965, on a day when baseball's most storied rivals, the Giants and Dodgers, vied for the pennant, the national pastime reflected the tensions in society and nearly sullied two men forever. Juan Marichal, a Dominican anxious about his family's safety during the civil war back home, and John Roseboro, a black man living in South Central L.A. shaken by the Watts riots a week earlier, attacked one another in a moment immortalized by an iconic photo: Marichal's bat poised to strike Roseboro's head. The violent momentuncharacteristic of either manlinked the two forever and haunted both. Much like John Feinstein's The Punch, The Fight of Their Lives examines the incident in its context and aftermath, only in this story the two men eventually reconcile and become friends, making theirs an unforgettable tale of forgiveness and redemption. The book also explores American culture and the racial prejudices against blacks and Latinos both men faced and surmounted. As two of the premiere ballplayers of their generation, they realized they had more to unite them than keep them apart. --Provided by publisher.
APA Citation (style guide)
Rosengren, J. (2014). Fight of Their Lives: How Juan Marichal and John Roseboro Turned Baseball's Ugliest Brawl into a Story of Forgiveness and Redemption. Lyons Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Rosengren, John. 2014. Fight of Their Lives: How Juan Marichal and John Roseboro Turned Baseball's Ugliest Brawl Into a Story of Forgiveness and Redemption. Lyons Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Rosengren, John, Fight of Their Lives: How Juan Marichal and John Roseboro Turned Baseball's Ugliest Brawl Into a Story of Forgiveness and Redemption. Lyons Press, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Rosengren, John. Fight of Their Lives: How Juan Marichal and John Roseboro Turned Baseball's Ugliest Brawl Into a Story of Forgiveness and Redemption. Lyons Press, 2014.
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