Finding the Left Arm of God

<p> This is the story of the L.A. Dodgers' volatile fortunes during Sandy Koufax's transformation from a wild left-hander with a losing record on the verge of quitting the game to an artist with exquisite control of the baseball--a veritable Mozart on the mound.</p><p> From the Dodgers' sudden plunge into the baseball wilderness in 1960 to their return to pennant contention in Koufax's breakout year of 1961 through their catastrophic 1962 season--precipitated by Koufax's freak midseason finger injury--to their redemption in 1963 with their second World Championship on the West Coast the narrative is set against the backdrop of John F. Kennedy's fleeting <I>New Frontier</I> presidency.</p>