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Leo Durocher

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Description:OC I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?OCOaThe 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 OC the LipOCO Durocher. Following a five-decade career as a player and manager for baseballOCOs 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 fights and feuds, triumphs and tricks that made Durocher such a successOCoand an outsized celebrity.aDurocher began his career inauspiciously, riding the bench for the powerhouse 1928 Yankees and hitting so poorly that Babe Ruth nicknamed him OC the All-American Out.OCO But soon Durocher hit his stride: traded to St. Louis, he found his headlong play and never-say-die attitude a perfect fit with the rambunctious OC Gashouse GangOCO Cardinals. In 1939, he was named player-manager of the Brooklyn DodgersOCoand almost instantly transformed the underachieving Bums into perennial contenders. He went on to manage the New York Giants, sharing the glory of one of the most famous moments in baseball history, Bobby ThomsonOCOs OC shot heard OCOround the world, OCO which won the Giants the 1951 pennant. Durocher would later learn how it felt to be on the other side of such an unforgettable moment, as his 1969 Cubs, after holding first place for 105 days, blew a seemingly insurmountable 8-1/2-game lead to the Miracle Mets.aAll the while, Durocher made as much noise off the field as on it. His perpetual feuds with players, owners, and league officialsOConot to mention his public associations with gamblers, riffraff, and Hollywood stars like George Raft and Larraine DayOCokept his name in the headlines and spread his fame far beyond the confines of the diamond.aA no-holds-barred account of a singular figure, "Nice Guys Finish Last" brings the personalities and play-by-play of baseballOCOs greatest era to vivid life, earning a place on every baseball fanOCOs bookshelf.aWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Nice Guys Finish Last. To get started finding Nice Guys Finish Last, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 456

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Not Avail

Release: 2014

ISBN: 0226173895

Description: OC I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?OCOaThe 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 OC the LipOCO Durocher. Following a five-decade career as a player and manager for baseballOCOs 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 fights and feuds, triumphs and tricks that made Durocher such a successOCoand an outsized celebrity.aDurocher began his career inauspiciously, riding the bench for the powerhouse 1928 Yankees and hitting so poorly that Babe Ruth nicknamed him OC the All-American Out.OCO But soon Durocher hit his stride: traded to St. Louis, he found his headlong play and never-say-die attitude a perfect fit with the rambunctious OC Gashouse GangOCO Cardinals. In 1939, he was named player-manager of the Brooklyn DodgersOCoand almost instantly transformed the underachieving Bums into perennial contenders. He went on to manage the New York Giants, sharing the glory of one of the most famous moments in baseball history, Bobby ThomsonOCOs OC shot heard OCOround the world, OCO which won the Giants the 1951 pennant. Durocher would later learn how it felt to be on the other side of such an unforgettable moment, as his 1969 Cubs, after holding first place for 105 days, blew a seemingly insurmountable 8-1/2-game lead to the Miracle Mets.aAll the while, Durocher made as much noise off the field as on it. His perpetual feuds with players, owners, and league officialsOConot to mention his public associations with gamblers, riffraff, and Hollywood stars like George Raft and Larraine DayOCokept his name in the headlines and spread his fame far beyond the confines of the diamond.aA no-holds-barred account of a singular figure, "Nice Guys Finish Last" brings the personalities and play-by-play of baseballOCOs greatest era to vivid life, earning a place on every baseball fanOCOs bookshelf.aWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Nice Guys Finish Last. To get started finding Nice Guys Finish Last, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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