LA Times · Jul 24, 2018
Dodgers' Fairly still treasures that magical pebble
It was the middle of the 1959 baseball season, the Dodgers’ second year in Los Angeles, and they were in a rut.
They had just dropped three out of four games to fall into third place. They were struggling to overcome a lousy debut season. Pressure was building to make a mark in their new city.
They felt like they were pushing a boulder, until Pee Wee Reese changed their fortunes with a pebble.
The Dodgers charged ahead to win 44 of their last 76 games, capture the National League pennant, and head to Chicago for the World Series against the White Sox.