Overview

Joe McCarthy was headed towards a career as a plumber--until the parish priest intervened, and convinced McCarthy's mother that he could make more of himself in baseball. She relented, and Joseph Vincent McCarthy embarked on a career that ranks him among the greatest managers ever. In 24 years his teams took nine pennants, seven World Series titles, and never finished lower than fourth. This biography of Joe McCarthy details the 90-year life of one of the greatest managers in baseball's history. Baseball was McCarthy's ticket out of a working-class existence in Germantown, Pennsylvania, taking him to college, the minor leagues, managerial stints in baseball's backwaters, and on to remarkable years with the Yankees, Cubs and Red Sox--years filled with triumph and heartbreak. Seven championships and the highest managerial winning percentage ever earned him entry to the Hall of Fame, but McCarthy will always be remembered for his deft handling of his players. McCarthy's ability to handle even ""unmanageable"" players won him the respect of all. His effect on the lives of his young charges was, in his mind, his greatest legacy.

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Author:   Alan H. Levy
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.739kg
ISBN:  

9780786419616

ISBN 10:   078641961
Pages:   435
Publication Date:   12 April 2005
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface      1. Planning to Be a Plumber      2. Starting Down at the Bottom      3. Outlaw League      4. Mud Hens      5. Still Can’t Hit a Curve Ball      6. Down to Wilkes-Barre      7. A Snappy Little Second Sacker      8. A Flirt with the Federals and Off to Louisville      9. War Years      10. Now Managing for the Colonels      11. First Full Season at the Helm      12. Winner      13. Ups and Downs      14. That Boy Is a Wonder      15. Made Me Blush for the First Time in My Life      16. Don't Forget the Cubs      17. McCarthy’s Scrappers      18. Aggressive Even in Repose      19. Don't Blame Hack      20. Fractured Ankle, Fractured Season      21. “Don’t Like to Finish Second”      22. The Fewest Rules, the Most Discipline      23. Watch Out for Those Senators      24. Second Place Joe      25. One Bounce, Not on the Fly      26. A Ten-Game Lead Is Never Safe      27. There’ll Be Nobody Again Like You in 100 Years      28. The Sun Can’t Shine All the Time      29. Lou Was a Fine Man      30. And the War Came      31. Can’t Push Buttons Any More      32. One War Ends and Another Begins      33. And Now He Wasn’t There      34. Will They Love Him in September as They Didn’t in May?      35. A Marvelous Little Fella’      36. Good to the Last Game      37. It’s Later Than You Think      38. A Pleasant Good-Bye      Appendix: Joe McCarthy’s Major League Managerial Record      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index     

Reviews

“solid”—Library Journal; “thoroughly researched...a flawless account...essential”—Choice; “quite thorough”—Nine; “Alan Levy, in this work, has begun to fill this vacuum through his thorough documentation and analysis of McCarthy’s life and career...a valuable contribution to the baseball history literature. This volume will continue to be a rich resource of valuable facts and analysis for years to come”—Journal of Sport History.

solid --<i>Library Journal</i>; thoroughly researched...a flawless account...essential --<i>Choice</i>; quite thorough --<i>Nine</i>; Alan Levy, in this work, has begun to fill this vacuum through his thorough documentation and analysis of McCarthy's life and career...a valuable contribution to the baseball history literature. This volume will continue to be a rich resource of valuable facts and analysis for years to come --<i>Journal of Sport History</i>.

solid --Library Journal; thoroughly researched...a flawless account...essential --Choice; quite thorough --Nine; Alan Levy, in this work, has begun to fill this vacuum through his thorough documentation and analysis of McCarthy's life and career...a valuable contribution to the baseball history literature. This volume will continue to be a rich resource of valuable facts and analysis for years to come --Journal of Sport History.

Author Information

Longtime sports fan Alan H. Levy is a professor of American history at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. He is the author of Tackling Jim Crow (2003) and Rube Waddell (2000) as well as several books on American music, including a biography of the noted composer Edward MacDowell.

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