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Leo Durocher : baseball's prodigal son / Paul Dickson. by Dickson, Paul. Bloomsbury USA, 2017. Call #: 796.357092 D964d Subjects Durocher, Leo, 1906-1991.   Baseball managers -- United States -- Biography.   Baseball -- United States -- History. ISBN:  9781632863119 (hc.) Alternate title:  Baseball's prodigal son Description:  357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-349) and index. Contents:  Pregame -- Enfant terrible -- Damned Yankee -- The Red Menace -- Gashouse tough -- The artful Dodger -- Mutiny in Flatbush -- Game changer -- Exiled -- Over the river -- Miracle man -- Hollywood Dodger -- The contentious Cub -- Endgame -- The rocky road to Cooperstown. Summary:  Leo Durocher (1906-1991) was baseball's all-time leading cocky, flamboyant, and galvanizing character, casting a shadow across several eras, from the time of Babe Ruth to the Space Age Astrodome, from Prohibition through the Vietnam War. For more than forty years, he was at the forefront of the game, with a Zelig-like ability to be present as a player or manager for some of the greatest teams and defining baseball moments of the twentieth century. A rugged, combative shortstop and a three-time All-Star, he became a legendary manager, winning three pennants and a World Series in 1954. Durocher performed on three main stages: New York, Chicago, and Hollywood. He entered from the wings, strode to where the lights were brightest, and then took a poke at anyone who tried to upstage him. On occasion he would share the limelight, but only with Hollywood friends such as actor Danny Kaye, tough-guy and sometime roommate George Raft, Frank Sinatra, and his third wife, movie star Laraine Day. Fascinating and fresh insights into the racial integration of baseball, Durocher's unprecedented suspension from the game, the two clubhouse revolts staged against him in Brooklyn and Chicago, and Durocher's vibrant life off the field. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Biography 796.357092 D964d Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Adult Biography 796.357092 D964d Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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