Branch Rickey's Little Blue Book
Wit and Strategy From Baseball's Last Wise Man
Wit and Strategy From Baseball's Last Wise Man
Edited by John J. Monteleone
In his Little Blue Book: Wit and Strategy From Baseball's Last Wise Man, Branch Rickey's own words from his personal papers are skillfully compiled to form a book of witticisms and observations that abounds with common sense and insight, and stands today as a work of inspiration.Perhaps the most colorful general manager in the history of baseball, Rickey, who ran the St. Louis Cardinals, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates, broke the color barrier with the signing and elevation of Jackie Robinson to the Dodgers in 1947 and was the author of a slew of memorable lines, among them the famous, "Luck is the residue of design."
