Leave While the Party's Good : The Life and Legacy of Baseball Executive Harry Dalton / Lee C. Kluck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kluck, Lee C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports executives--United States--Biography.

Sports executives.

Baseball managers--United States--Biography.

Baseball managers.

Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team)--History.

Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team).

Milwaukee Brewers (Baseball team)--History.

Milwaukee Brewers (Baseball team).

Dalton, Harry, 1928-2005.

Dalton, Harry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, 2024.

Summary:

In this definitive biography of Harry Dalton, Lee C. Kluck tells the full and colorful story of a man many consider to be the first modern baseball executive, who had notable stints with the Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. An All-American Son of the Commonwealth

2. Present at the Creation for Forty-Five Dollars a Week

3. Competing Philosophies and Losing Baseball

4. The World of Harry Dalton

5. Changes

6. Can You Believe It?

7. A Different Reality

8. The Best Team in Baseball

9. The Daltons Go West

10. Getting His Hands in the Dirt

11. Looking for the Right Combination

12. New World, New Dalton, Same Results

13. Working on His Terms

14. Laying the Foundation for a Winner

15. A Taste of Things to Come

16. The Wallbangers

17. Reversal of Fortune

18. Streaking

19. The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

20. Exile, Carefree Days, and Living Nightmares

Epilogue

Notes

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781496240019

1496240014

9781496240002

1496240006