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White Rat: A Life in Baseball
by Herzog, Whitey, and Horrigan, Kevin
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- Good in good dust jacket. White Rat: A Life in Baseball by Whitey Herzog & KEVIN HORRIGAN (Hardcover IN DUST JACKET CONDITIO
- ISBN 10
- 0060156945
- ISBN 13
- 9780060156947
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New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1987. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. White Rat: A Life in Baseball by Whitey Herzog & KEVIN HORRIGAN (Hardcover IN DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD-PUBLISHED BY HARPER AND ROW-COPYRIGHT 1987-228 PAGES ) BOOK REVIEW; The White Rat is a semi-autobiographical memoir about... Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade; General/trade. White Rat: A Life in Baseball by Whitey Herzog & KEVIN HORRIGAN (Hardcover IN DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD-PUBLISHED BY HARPER AND ROW-COPYRIGHT 1987-228 PAGES ) BOOK REVIEW; The White Rat is a semi-autobiographical memoir about Whitey Herzog that reveals much about baseball strategy then and now. Good insight into the daily routine of a manager and general manager, with behind-the-scenes looks into some of the problems the game is facing. When this book was first published, Whitey Herzog was widely regarded as the premier manager in baseball. His team, the St Louis Cardinals, had just played in their third World Series in six seasons; however, that trend was about to come to a crashing halt; the Cardinals would spend the next decade languishing in mediocrity, while Herzog himself would throw in the towel as the 1990 season neared the All-Star break. He had gotten sick of the way his players were underperforming, and was sick of the way the clubhouse had turned against him. It's no surprise that the Cards finished that season dead last in the NL East. If you're a fan of Whitey Herzog, or simply a fan of the game, you'll love reading this very honest biography. I even picked up a new expression, which Herzog coined: "Fish or cut bait". In other words, when faced with a tough decision, don't hesitate; be decisive and stand by your guns. Fish or cut bait! Herzog's brutal (at times) honesty helped in forging a winning relationship with the cantankerous owner of the Cardinals, Gussie Busch. Busch liked his style and let him do what was necessary to quickly build the team into a World Series winner; all that was accomplished in a little more than two seasons; to this day, I still can't believe he pulled it off so quickly. Herzog's brutal honesty backfired after the sixth game of the 1985 World Series; after umpire Don Denkinger blew the call at first base, which helped Kansas City pull off a 2-1 comeback win, Herzog remaked, "He f***ed us! " The Cardinals were now dead, even though they had ace John Tudor coming back to start Game Seven. Not surprisingly, the Cards were shelled, 11-0; in retrospect, Herzog had accurtely predicted the final outcome; however, I wonder if taking a more positive approach to what happened in Game Six, might've produced a more favorable outcome in Game Seven. "Yeah, Denkinger missed the call; but so what? That's baseball. We'll come back like gangbusters tomorrow night! " Nearly a quarter of a century after this book was released, Herzog was elected to the Hall of Fame. He certainly deserves it; this is a man of honesty and integrity who also happens to know more about baseball than just about anyone who ever lived. His life in baseball makes for a most fascinating read.
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- Title
- White Rat: A Life in Baseball
- Author
- Herzog, Whitey, and Horrigan, Kevin
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in good dust jacket. White Rat: A Life in Baseball by Whitey Herzog & KEVIN HORRIGAN (Hardcover IN DUST JACKET CONDITIO
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060156945
- ISBN 13
- 9780060156947
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1987
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