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Oct 12, 1991 · In a red brick church on the side of a gently rising hill, Leo Durocher was remembered Friday morning as a caring yet cantankerous figure, one of baseball's most colorful characters whose place is ...
Mar 21, 2017 · Durocher was a loudmouthed brawler, lady’s man, fine coach, and coiner of the expression: 'nice guys finish last.'" - The Dayton Daily News "In his new biography, Leo Durocher: Baseball's Prodigal Son, Dickson profiles a man who was constantly getting in trouble on and off the field. The controversial Durocher, known as 'Leo The Lip,' had a ...
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Oct 8, 1991 · Leo Ernest Durocher was born July 27, 1906, in West Springfield, Mass. His baseball abilities were discovered by a scout for a minor-league team, and he was eventually signed by the Yankees. After ...
Leo Durocher was born on 27 July 1905 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Matinee Theatre (1955), Main Street to Broadway (1953) and Campbell Summer Soundstage (1952). He was married to Lynne Walker Goldblatt, Laraine Day, Grace Dozier and Ruby Hartley.
Nov 28, 2023 · -- Leo Durocher . Source : Leo Durocher, Ed Linn (2009). “Nice Guys Finish Last”, p.159, University of Chicago Press . #Baseball Quotes #Winning Quotes “Branch Rickey once said of me that I was a man with an infinite capacity for immediately making a bad thing worse.”-- Leo Durocher . Source : Leo Durocher, Ed Linn (2009).
レオ・アーネスト・ドローチャー（Leo Ernest Durocher, 1905年 7月27日 - 1991年 10月7日）は、アメリカ合衆国 マサチューセッツ州 ウェストスプリングフィールド出身のプロ野球選手（遊撃手）、監督。右投右打。
All nice guys. They’ll finish last. Nice guys. Finish last.”. I said, “They lose a ball game, they go home, they have a nice dinner, they put their heads down on the pillow and go to sleep. Poor Mel Ott, he can’t sleep at night. He wants to win, he’s got a job to do for the owner of the ball club.
