Description
Branch Rickey was once some of the vital and charismatic figures in all of baseball, the archetype for all general managers who would follow. His contributions to the sport were both a lot of and highly significant; they include the desegregation of the majors, airline commute to road games, and the innovation of the minor league “farm” system. This work makes a speciality of Rickey’s tenure as the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, from 1950 through 1955. Along with recent accounts, Rickey’s personal correspondence and interoffice memorandums are used to document his struggle to redesign the fate of a small-market team.