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Branch Rickey was one of the most important and charismatic figures in all of baseball. This volume concentrates on his time with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and includes use of his personal correspondence to document his story.

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Highly focused...interesting...fascinating...valuable." —SABR Bibliography Committee Newsletter

"A...solid account of Rickey's five-year tenure with the Pirates...details the frustrations surrounding Rickey's peripatetic, almost frantic efforts to revive the Pirates." —The International Journal of the History of Sport

"The first book chronicling [Rickey's] final (but still impacting) years as an executive with the Bucs." —USA Today Sports Weekly

Branch Rickey in Pittsburgh Baseballs

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      Publisher: McFarland & Company
      Publication Date: 8/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786408399, 978-0786408399
      ISBN10: 0786408391

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Branch Rickey was one of the most important and charismatic figures in all of baseball. This volume concentrates on his time with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and includes use of his personal correspondence to document his story.

      Trade Review
      Highly focused...interesting...fascinating...valuable." —SABR Bibliography Committee Newsletter

      "A...solid account of Rickey's five-year tenure with the Pirates...details the frustrations surrounding Rickey's peripatetic, almost frantic efforts to revive the Pirates." —The International Journal of the History of Sport

      "The first book chronicling [Rickey's] final (but still impacting) years as an executive with the Bucs." —USA Today Sports Weekly

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