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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816520503321

Autore

Durocher Leo <1906-1991.>

Titolo

Nice guys finish last / / by Leo Durocher ; with Ed Linn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-42236-7

9786612422362

0-226-17389-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (456 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LinnEdward

Disciplina

796.357092

B

Soggetti

Baseball managers - United States

Baseball - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- BOOK I: THE GOOD OLD DAYS -- BOOK II: THE DAYS OF TRIAL AND GLORY -- BOOK III: THE NEW BREED -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

"I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?" The history of baseball is rife with colorful characters. But for sheer cantankerousness, fighting moxie, and will to win, very few have come close to Leo "the Lip" Durocher. Following a five-decade career as a player and manager for baseball's most storied franchises, Durocher teamed up with veteran sportswriter Ed Linn to tell the story of his life in the game. The resulting book, Nice Guys Finish Last, is baseball at its best, brimming with personality and full of all the