With reminiscences by Joe Garagiola, Carl Erskine, Bill Mazeroski, and Ralph Branca with the Preface by Stan Musial. Both the non price clipped Dust Jacket and the book are in very good condition, has a black remainder. I have more than 50 books on Baseball's Managers, Owners and Front Office Executives and over 60 books on the Dodgers in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

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

Publisher

Macmillan General Reference

Publication Date

1995

Language

English

ISBN 10

0028604008

ISBN 13

9780028604008

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Synopsis

Excerpts and sayings from the revered baseball manager who signed Jackie Robinson illustrate his unparalleled understanding of the game, his motivational techniques, and his philosophy of winning, and are complemented by the reminiscences of baseball greats. 45,000 first printing. $45,000 ad/promo.

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.

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I sell baseball fiction and nonfiction out of my home. I have a large inventory of adult novels, mysteries, juvenile series, children's titles, pulps, comics, humor, anthologies, poetry and plays. I have other sports fiction as well, football, basketball, golf, as well as many boys juvenile sport series. In nonfiction I carry team histories, biographies, history of baseball, international baseball, faith and religion in sports, the Hall of Fame, the World Series and All-Star Games, economics and the law of sport. I also have a large collection of the Sporting News Guides, Record Books, Dope Books, etc, please ask if you are looking for a specific year. I am always looking to purchase additional inventory whether one book or an entire library.

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