TY - BOOK AU - Durocher,Leo AU - Linn,Edward TI - Nice guys finish last SN - 9780226173894 (electronic bk.) PY - 2009/// CY - Chicago PB - University Of Chicago Press KW - Baseball managers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Baseball KW - History N1 - 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?; Originally published; New York : Simon and Schuster, [1975] UR - http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=295303 ER -