The Man in the Dugout
Baseball's Top Managers and How They Got That Way
by Leonard Koppett
ISBN: 0517585456
ISBN-13: 9780517585450
Format: Hardcover
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc Published date: 1993 Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches Weight: 1.7 pounds
Publisher's Notes
A veteran sportswriter provides a close-up look at some of the most influential managers of modern baseball, tracing the influence of baseball legends Branch Rickey, Connie Mack, and John McGraw on modern managers, and sharing entertaining anecdotes about the game.
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The Man in the Dugout Baseball's Top Managers & How They Got That Way
Leonard Koppett
Crown. Used - Very Good. Hardcover w / dustjacket. Very good condition; edges, corners, and covers of book show minor wear. No underlining; no highlighting; no internal markings. DJ is very good. Chipping/Nicking Very Light Jacket. Stray pen mark along bottom edge of pages, not a remainder mark. 1st ed. 1993. Hardcover w / dustjacket. ( more information)
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Man In The Dugout, The: Baseball's Top: Managers and How They Got That Way
Koppett, Leonard
Crown. Hardcover. 0517585456 New. No major marks or damage. Light storage wear. Hardcover, 404 pages, Crown; 1st edition (February 23, 1993). In December 1992, Koppett was selected for the writer's wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame, in recognition of over 40 years of high-quality baseball writing for the Sporting News , the New York Times , and many other publications. He is also an entertaining and insightful author best known for A Thinking Man's Guide to Baseball ( LJ 8/67). This book provides an anecdotal analysis of the various qualities of the most successful and influential managers of this century. Koppett examines their backgrounds, skills, and weaknesses, and then traces their lineage to three seminal figures: John McGraw, Connie Mack, and Branch Rickey. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Great customer service and a no problem, EZ return policy. Real people, real service, since 1981. . New. ( more information)
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The Man in the Dugout: Baseball's Top Managers and How They Got That Way
Koppett, Leonard
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Pub, 1993. Like-new condition. Appears unread. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. Illustrated with photos. 404 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. - Annotation Veteran sportswriter Leonard Koppett takes a lively, thoughtful look at the most successful and influential baseball managers of the modern era. Filled with personal anecdotes from the author's long and distinguished career, this work traces the evolution of material sytle, through its practitioners, right up to the present day. From the Publisher Baseball fans love to second-guess managers' strategies and speculate about their styles of managing, and Leonard Koppett is no exception. Koppett brings 52 years as a working baseball writer to his understanding of these men in the dugout." "His analysis is based on personal interaction with all of the managers active since 1950 and their descriptions and judgments of the generation of men who preceded them. Every manager inherits his method from some influential manager he played for. Three seminal figures - John McGraw, Connie Mack, and Branch Rickey - form the trunk of a genealogical tree whose branches have eventually intertwined, but whose key characteristics remain identifiable nearly a century later in the style of current headliners like Joe Torre, Jim Leyland, Tony LaRussa, Dusty Baker, and Boddy Cox." "This highly acclaimed study, first published in 1993, has been updated to the year 2000 and now includes some recent winning managers and completes the careers of others. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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MAN IN THE DUGOUT, THE
Koppett, Leonard
Crown, 1993. Illus. 404pp. More magnificence from Professor Baseball. (loc bb/3). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Review Copy. ( more information)
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