Branch Rickey's Little Blue Book: Wit and Strategy from Baseball's Last Wise Man
- ISBN-10
- 1894963288
- ISBN-13
- 9781894963282
- Category
- Baseball
- Pages
- 175
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Sportclassic Books
- Author
- Branch Rickey
Description
Branch Rickey's own words from his personal papers are skillfully compiled to form a book of witticisms and observations that abounds with common sense and insight, stands today a work of inspiration.
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