The View from the Dugout

Author:

By William M. Anderson

Format:

Paperback (Hardback)

Availability:

In print, usually dispatched within 3-4 days.

Price:

£14.50

Tagged with:

Baseball, Biography, Baseball Coaches, Management, Red Rolfe, Detroit Tigers

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Further Details

• Published: 1st Mar 2006
• ISBN: 0472031481
• Pages: 325

From the Publisher:

Baseball players as a rule aren't known for documenting their experiences on the diamond. Red Rolfe, however, during his time as manager of the Detroit Tigers from 1949 to 1952, recorded daily accounts of each game, including candid observations about his team's performance. He used these observations to coach his players and to gain an advantage by recording strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies of opposing players and managers. Rolfe's journals carry added value considering his own career as an All-Star Yankee third baseman on numerous world championteams, where he was a teammate of Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio. Today, in the era of televised broadcasts, networks often wire a manager so that viewers can listen to his spontaneous comments throughout the game. Red Rolfe's journals offer an opportunity to find out what a manager is thinking when no one is around to hear.