Branch Rickey's Little Blue Book: Wit and Strategy from Baseball's Last Wise Man - Softcover

Rickey, Branch; Monteleone, John J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1894963288 ISBN 13: 9781894963282

Publisher: Sportclassic Books, 2004

Synopsis

Branch Rickey's own words from his personal papers are skillfully compiled to form a book of witticisms and observations that abounds with common sense and insight, stands today a work of inspiration.

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Review:

One of baseball's real gentlemen and perhaps its only true revolutionary, Branch Rickey, as president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, made it his mission to change the game--and with it America--by obliterating the color line in 1947. As it took an extraordinary man of will in Jackie Robinson to bear the on-the-field brunt of Rickey's daring, it took a man of equal resolve and courage to conceive and implement the plan in the first place. Rickey, creator as well of baseball's farm system, left a giant and enduring legacy. This slim volume of epigrams and observations--on character, attitude, and baseball itself--compiled from his letters, notes, and personal papers is a treasure trove of good sense, keen insight, and, indeed, some genuine inspiration, a true reflection of the singular man who penned them.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sportclassic Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1894963288
• ISBN 13: 9781894963282
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160