"I Managed Good But Boy Did They Play Bad" by Boulton, Jim - Compiled & Edited By; with Neil Offen

Format: Hardcover
Book condition: Near Fine
Jacket condition: Very Good+

Chicago, IL: Playboy Press, 1973. Tight/Bright and clean copy, blue cloth bindings, silver gilt spinal titles, embossed "Jim Bouton" on the upper front cover, unmarked text, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has lightly creased inner folds. A Nostalgic Collection of Baseball Stories, Reflections and Articles about the Classis Baseball and the Golden Days, Big Players, 8ig Games, Championships, Coaches, Owners, General Managers, Leadership Styles and Philosophies, and The World Series from the Dugout Perspectives of Team Managers. With Insider Musings, Sportwriter Articles, and more on Rocky Bridges, Johnny Keane, John McGraw, Casey Stengel, Ralph Houk, Connie Mack, Leo Durocher, Dick Williams, Yogi Berra, Charlie Dresser, Joe Schultz, George Stallings, Walter Alston, Squacks Magrew, and Joe McCarthy. Contributions by JamesThurber, Roger Kahn, John Lardner, Bill Veeck, Jim Bouton, Gilbert Rogin and many others. 325 pages. Richly illustrated with many b&w photographs. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.