02878nam 2200637Ia 450 991077841930332120200520144314.01-282-42236-797866124223620-226-17389-510.7208/9780226173894(CKB)1000000000817029(EBL)471811(OCoLC)464679386(SSID)ssj0000340936(PQKBManifestationID)12151141(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340936(PQKBWorkID)10389311(PQKB)10135137(MiAaPQ)EBC471811(DE-B1597)523636(OCoLC)646835509(DE-B1597)9780226173894(Au-PeEL)EBL471811(CaPaEBR)ebr10333632(CaONFJC)MIL242236(EXLCZ)99100000000081702920090406d2009 uy 0engur|nu---uu|uutxtccrNice guys finish last[electronic resource] /by Leo Durocher ; with Ed LinnChicago University of Chicago Pressc20091 online resource (456 p.)Includes index.0-226-17388-7 Front matter --CONTENTS --BOOK I: THE GOOD OLD DAYS --BOOK II: THE DAYS OF TRIAL AND GLORY --BOOK III: THE NEW BREED --INDEX"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 theBaseball managersUnited StatesBiographyBaseballUnited StatesHistorybaseball, pro sports, atlete, player, manager, leo durocher, the lip, yankees, cardinals, all american out, st louis, gashouse gang, dodgers, bums, brooklyn, new york giants, bobby thomson, pennant, world series, cubs, miracle mets, 1951, 1969, george raft, feud, rivalry, celebrity, fame, notoriety, publicity, larraine day, major league, nonfiction, history, records, shot heard round, biography, umpire.Baseball managersBaseballHistory.796.357092BDurocher Leo1906-1991.1554893Linn Edward1554894MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778419303321Nice guys finish last3816455UNINA