Branch Rickey in Pittsburgh: Baseball's Trailblazing General Manager for the Pirates, 1950-1955
Book Details
Author(s)
Andrew O'Toole
Publisher
Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub
ISBN / ASIN
0786408391
ISBN-13
9780786408399
Availability
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Sales Rank
#2,432,418
Category
Sports & Recreation
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
This work focuses on Rickey's tenure as the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, from 1950 through 1955. In addition to contemporary accounts, Rickey's personal correspondence and interoffice memorandums are used to document his struggle to revamp the fate of a small-market team.
