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Branch Rickey's Little Blue Book
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Branch Rickey
Categories: Baseball
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: SportClassic Books

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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 insi
Branch Rickey
Language: en
Pages: 605
Authors: Lee Lowenfish
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-08-15 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

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He was not much of a player and not much more of a manager, but by the time Branch Rickey (1881-1965) finished with baseball, he had revolutionized the sport--n
Fame to Infamy
Language: en
Pages: 208
Authors: David C. Ogden
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-10-14 - Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

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Fame to Infamy: Race, Sport, and the Fall from Grace follows the paths of sports figures who were embraced by the general populace but who, through a variety of
Branch Rickey in Pittsburgh
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: Andrew O’Toole
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-08-01 - Publisher: McFarland

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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 contributio
Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America
Language: en
Pages: 68
Authors: Sharon Robinson
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-11-29 - Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

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A warm, intimate portrait of Jackie Robinson, America's sports icon, told from the unique perspective of a unique insider: his only daughter. Sharon Robinson sh