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

by Levy, Alan Howard.

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Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2005.

McCarthy, Joe (Joseph), 1887-1978.

New York Yankees (Baseball team)

Baseball managers -- United States -- Biography.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip058/2005003507.html

078641961X (softcover : alk. paper) :

vi, 429 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Planning to be a plumber -- Starting down at the bottom -- Outlaw league -- Mud hens -- Still can't hit a curve ball -- Down to Wilkes-Barre -- A snappy little second sacker -- A flirt with the federals and off to Louisville -- War years -- Now managing for the colonels -- First full season at the helm -- Winner -- Ups and downs -- That boy is a wonder -- Made me blush for the first time in my life -- Don't forget the cubs -- McCarthy's scrappers -- Aggressive even in repose -- Don't blame Hack -- Fractured ankle, fractured season -- "Don't like to finish second" -- The fewest rules, the most discipline -- Watch out for those senators -- Second place Joe -- One bounce, not on the fly -- A ten-game lead is never safe -- There'll be nobody again like you in 100 years -- The sun can't shine all the time -- Lou was a fine man -- And the war came -- Can't push buttons any more -- One war ends and another begins -- And now he wasn't there -- Will they love him in September as they didn't in May? -- A marvelous little fella' -- Good to the last game -- It's later than you think -- A pleasant goody bye.

"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.

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