Joe McCarthy : architect of the Yankee dynasty / Alan H. Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Alan Howard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McCarthy, Joe, 1887-1978.

McCarthy, Joe.

Baseball managers--United States--Biography.

Baseball managers.

United States.

New York Yankees (Baseball team).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vi, 429 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2005]

Summary:

"This biography of Joe McCarthy details the 90-year life of one of the greatest managers in baseball's history. Seven championships and the highest managerial winning percentage ever earned him entry to the Hall of Fame"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Planning to Be a Plumber 5

2 Starting Down at the Bottom 11

3 Outlaw League 15

4 Mud Hens 18

5 Still Can't Hit a Curve Ball 22

6 Down to Wilkes-Barre 30

7 A Snappy Little Second Sacker 37

8 A Flirt with the Federals and Off to Louisville 43

9 War Years 49

10 Now Managing for the Colonels 58

11 First Full Season at the Helm 62

12 Winner 68

13 Ups and Downs 77

14 That Boy Is a Wonder 86

15 Made Me Blush for the First Time in My Life 90

16 Don't Forget the Cubs 99

17 McCarthy's Scrappers 113

18 Aggressive Even in Repose 120

19 Don't Blame Hack 125

20 Fractured Ankle, Fractured Season 138

21 "Don't Like to Finish Second" 150

22 The Fewest Rules, the Most Discipline 165

23 Watch Out for Those Senators 180

24 Second Place Joe 190

25 One Bounce, Not on the Fly 203

26 A Ten-Game Lead Is Never Safe 217

27 There'll Be Nobody Again Like You in 100 Years 241

28 The Sun Can't Shine All the Time 256

29 Lou Was a Fine Man 263

30 And the War Came 278

31 Can't Push Buttons Any More 288

32 One War Ends and Another Begins 301

33 And Now He Wasn't There 309

34 Will They Love Him in September as They Didn't in May? 320

35 A Marvelous Little Fella' 349

36 Good to the Last Game 351

37 It's Later Than You Think 365

38 A Pleasant Good-Bye 378

Appendix Joe McCarthy's Major League Managerial Record 393.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-422) and index.

ISBN:

078641961X

OCLC:

57695045