The Wizard of Waxahachie
Subtitle: Paul Richards and the end of baseball as we knew it
By: Warren Corbett ; foreword by Brooks Robinson ; introduction by Tony LaRussa.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Sport in American life; Sport in American life
Publisher: Southern Methodist University Press; Southern Methodist University
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dallas
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780870745560
Subjects: Richards, Paul, -- 1908-1986; Baseball managers -- United States -- Biography; Baseball players -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Why can't you forget this guy?"; title: Sleepy; title: Baseball as he knew it; title: Up and down; title: The toughest manager; title: They're either too young or too old; title: Victory; title: Manager in waiting; title: Nine old men and Mr. Sick; title: "The city that championships forgot"; title: Wizard of Waxahachie; title: "Daring gamble"; title: The Oriole way; title: Home grown by 1960; title: The church of Johnny U.; title: Home grown; title: Bound for Texas; title: The man in the dugout; title: Present at the creation; title: The other expansion team; title: Worst enemy; title: Braves' new world; title: The end of baseball as we know it; title: Half a pennant; title: "A ghastly mistake"; title: The hustler; title: "I've been there, wherever there is"; title: Fadeaway; title: Epilogue: the beauty of the competition.