Topic: Leo Durocher

Random Cubs Recap: August 26, 1972

I decided to set the BCB Way-Back Machine to the era in which the Cubs contended in the late 1960s and early 1970s (1967-73). It chose this game;...
Library of congress. Mark Twain, in a photo taken between 1900 and 1910.. . An interesting debate raged this week about whether a word should be...

Leo Durocher

Leo Durocher was a professional baseball player who later spent 24 years managing the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants , Chicago Cubs , and Houston Astros . The Lip, the All-American Out Inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994 Manager of Giants during Bobby ...

To My Dad

You have held my hand, given me great advice.You may not realize it, but you have been a very big influence to the man I am today.I will never forget that you gave me the book "Nice Guy's Finish ...
Another Major League Baseball regular season has come to an end. In 1966, the always struggling at the time Cubs hired Leo Durocher. Durocher, known as Leo the Lip, due to his gift for gab, not excluding his colorful arguments with umpires ...

Houston Astros Hall of Fame Members

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Hall of Fame Managers

Learn about former baseball team managers who have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: . Walter AlstonBucky Harris Connie Mack Wilbert...

Hall of Fame Managers

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1947 Baseball Season

The 1947 baseball season, the year of Jackie Robinson and the first televised World Series, began with another controversy -- the Leo Durocher affair. Robinson hit .297, scored a team-high 125 runs, and led the National League in stolen bases with 29. A ...