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Buch (Softcover): Ratgeber
Baseball's Greatest Managers
Verlag:
Rowman & Littlefield Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36268243
EAN: 9781630761530
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Mi, 21.10.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 28.25
Beschreibung
During the more than one hundred years that baseball has been our national pastime, all types of individuals have been managers of teams. They have run the gamut from political appointees to tyrants, schemers, incompetents and geniuses. Legendary baseball stars have been managers such as Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, Walter Johnson, Mel Ott, George Sisler, and Honus Wagner. And Mediocre players, including Branch Rickey, Earl Weaver, Walter Alston have become managers. Antics galore have accentuated managerial behavior: the pratfalls of Charley Grimm in the third-base coaching box; the umbrella-carrying Frankie Frisch arguing with the umpires that a game should be called; the cap twisting, body-gyrating movements of Earl Weaver, puffing cigarettes in the dugout and attempting to use body language to will his players to perform better. Idiosyncrasies and special styles have characterized managers through the years. An entire collection of one-liners has developed over the years to characterize the managing profession. For trivia buffs, there's an entire world of statistical records about managers. This books attempts to capture the style and substance of some of the greatest managers of all time. An effort has been made to give representation to the different eras of baseball, the various managing styles, and all the nuances and nostalgia that shape this fascinating subject.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Frommer Harvey
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2017
Format
- Buch (Softcover)