{"product_id":"leo-durocher-baseballs-prodigal-son-paperback","title":"Leo Durocher: Baseball's Prodigal Son - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Dickson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeo Durocher (1905-1991) was baseball's all-time leading cocky, flamboyant, and galvanizing character, casting a shadow across several eras, from the time of Babe Ruth to the Space Age Astrodome, from Prohibition through the Vietnam War. For more than forty years, he was at the forefront of the game, with a Zelig-like ability to be present as a player or manager for some of the greatest teams and defining baseball moments of the twentieth century. A rugged, combative shortstop and a three-time All-Star, he became a legendary manager, winning three pennants and a World Series in 1954. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Durocher performed on three main stages: New York, Chicago, and Hollywood. He entered from the wings, strode to where the lights were brightest, and then took a poke at anyone who tried to upstage him. On occasion he would share the limelight, but only with Hollywood friends such as actor Danny Kaye, tough guy and sometime roommate George Raft, Frank Sinatra, and Durocher's third wife, movie star Laraine Day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dickson explores Durocher's life and times through primary source materials, interviews with those who knew him, and original newspaper files. A superb addition to baseball literature, \u003ci\u003eLeo Durocher\u003c\/i\u003e offers fascinating and fresh insights into the racial integration of baseball, Durocher's unprecedented suspension from the game, the two clubhouse revolts staged against him in Brooklyn and Chicago, and his vibrant life off the field.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Dickson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than sixty-five nonfiction books, including more than a dozen on baseball. He is the author of the \u003ci\u003eDickson Baseball Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e, named by the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the five best baseball books ever written, \u003ci\u003eBill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Casey Award from SABR, and \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Language of Baseball: How Signs and Sign-Stealing Have Influenced the Course of Our National Pastime\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 386\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.66 x 5.59 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760895197472,"sku":"9781496235237","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7f0419e708a43db502887e2ae891fa1c.webp?v=1780193464","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/leo-durocher-baseballs-prodigal-son-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}