Bottom of the ninth Branch Rickey, Casey Stengel, and the daring scheme to save baseball from itself
| Main Author: | Shapiro, Michael, 1952- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Times Book,
c2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Physical Description: |
x, 303 p. [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
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| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-288) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780805082470 0805082476 |
| Author Notes: |
Michael Shapiro is the author of The Last Good Season: Brooklyn, the Dodgers, and Their Final Pennant Race Together . A professor at the Columbia School of Journalism, he is the author of five previous books, and his articles have appeared in The New York Times , Sports Illustrated , Esquire , The Wall Street Journal , and The New Yorker . He lives in New York City with his wife and two children. |