Branch Rickey In Pittsburgh: Baseball's Trailblazing General Manager for the Pirates, 1950-1955

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  • 223 Pages
  • Softcover
  • Released: July 18, 2000
  • Originally Released: 2000
  • Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc.

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Branch Rickey was one of the most important and charismatic figures in all of baseball, the archetype for all general managers who would follow. His contributions to the game were both numerous and highly significant; they include the desegregation of the majors, airline travel to road games, and the innovation of the minor league "farm" system.

This work focuses on Rickey's tenure as the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, from 1950 through 1955. In addition to contemporary accounts, Rickey's personal correspondence and interoffice memorandums are used to document his struggle to revamp the fate of a small-market team.

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  • ISBN: 9780786408399
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