Nice guys finish last
Durocher, Leo
Nice guys finish last [electronic resource] / by Leo Durocher ; with Ed Linn - University of Chicago Press ed. - Chicago : University Of Chicago Press, c2009 - 1 online resource (448 p.)
Includes index Description based on print version record
Book 1. The good old days ; I come to kill you ; The drummer boy ; Strong minds and weak backs ; "What if it doesn't rain?" ; The Gas House Gang ; The manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers ; The first pennant in 21 years ; The second guess--the great national pastime ; The ballad of Van Lingle Mungo ; I once won an argument with an umpire -- Book 2. The days of trial and glory ; Jackie ; Mr. Rickey ; A night flight to Columbus ; A hamfat politician named Happy ; Hello Horace, goodbye Ebbets Field ; My kind of team ; How to become a miracle manager ; The eye-talian street singer and a couple of other heavy hitters -- Book 3. The new breed ; How I didn't become manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, etcetera ; Something good is going to happen tomorrow ; Mister Cub ; The Santo explosion ; It can't be happening to me again ; The diminishing manager ; Whatever happened to sit down, shut up and listen?
Mode of access : Internet
9780226173894 (electronic bk.) 0226173895 (electronic bk.)
Baseball managers--United States--Biography
Baseball--History--United States
Nice guys finish last [electronic resource] / by Leo Durocher ; with Ed Linn - University of Chicago Press ed. - Chicago : University Of Chicago Press, c2009 - 1 online resource (448 p.)
Includes index Description based on print version record
Book 1. The good old days ; I come to kill you ; The drummer boy ; Strong minds and weak backs ; "What if it doesn't rain?" ; The Gas House Gang ; The manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers ; The first pennant in 21 years ; The second guess--the great national pastime ; The ballad of Van Lingle Mungo ; I once won an argument with an umpire -- Book 2. The days of trial and glory ; Jackie ; Mr. Rickey ; A night flight to Columbus ; A hamfat politician named Happy ; Hello Horace, goodbye Ebbets Field ; My kind of team ; How to become a miracle manager ; The eye-talian street singer and a couple of other heavy hitters -- Book 3. The new breed ; How I didn't become manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, etcetera ; Something good is going to happen tomorrow ; Mister Cub ; The Santo explosion ; It can't be happening to me again ; The diminishing manager ; Whatever happened to sit down, shut up and listen?
Mode of access : Internet
9780226173894 (electronic bk.) 0226173895 (electronic bk.)
Baseball managers--United States--Biography
Baseball--History--United States