Synopsis:
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. 25,000 first printing.
Review:
"Nobody in sports has ever provided your brain with a better workout than Leonard Koppett. To borrow from the old E. F. Hutton spot, 'When Leonard Koppett talks, I listen-very, very attentively.'" -Al Michaels "What a pleasure it is to read Leonard Koppett on the history and science-no, make that Art, with a capital A-of managing a major-league baseball team." -Robert W. Creamer, author of Babe: The Legend Comes to Life, Stengel, and Baseball in '41 "Long before the 'scholarly' study of baseball became something of a cottage industry, Leonard Koppett was out there doing it on his own with his keen reporter's eye, tireless research, and logical mind. Through the years, reading Koppett has been a joy and an education." -Bob Costas "Leonard Koppett is the perfect man to write a book about managers. He could've been a terrific manager if he hadn't decided to become a terrific sportswriter. Koppett understands people. He is a master of analysis, statistical or theoretical." -Dick Schaap
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