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Branch Rickey

Baseball's Ferocious Gentleman

By Lee Lowenfish, Lee Lowenfish (Preface)

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| Paperback | 9780803224537

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He was not much of a player and not much more of a manager, but by the time Branch Rickey (1881–1965) finished with baseball, he had revolutionized the sport—not just once but three times. In this definitive biography of Rickey—the man sportswriters dubbed “The Brain,” “The Mahatma,” and, on occasioContinue

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Though I looked forward to reading this because Branch Rickey was general manager of the Pirates in the 1950s and brought Jackie Robinson up with the Brooklyn Dodgers to break the color line, I found the book rather dry and there difficult to work through. The essential problem is that the book is m ... (continue)

Though I looked forward to reading this because Branch Rickey was general manager of the Pirates in the 1950s and brought Jackie Robinson up with the Brooklyn Dodgers to break the color line, I found the book rather dry and there difficult to work through. The essential problem is that the book is more of a reportorial chronicle of Rickey's life. There is little in the way of emphasis or a compelling narrative. In short, this book reads more like a detailed set of research notes than a biography that seeks to discover the essence of its subject.

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