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No More Mr. Nice Guy: A Life of Hardball

3 reviews
Dick Williams, Bill Plaschke

Harcourt, 1990

How has the Hall of Fame overlooked this guy?
Dick Williams writes the way he managed - honest, to the point, and in your face. 'No More Mr. Nice Guy' reads with the passion that he felt for the game and leaves you with a bit of sadness at, not only the way the game has changed, by how the Dick Williams's of the world have gone unappreciated. He took three different teams to the World Series, he perhaps saved the Padres from being sold, he ...

Plaschke: Good Sports, Spoilsports, Foul Balls and Oddballs

1 review
Bill Plaschke

Times (Los Angeles Times), 2002

Classic Plaschke!
I attended college with Bill at SIUE. I read most of what he wrote there for the school paper, the Alestle. His was, hands down, the most popular column on campus and always had that "personal" touch, which you can still see in his columns today. This book is a GREAT read. Each story is very well-written and so involved. Yet it takes just a short time to read each. It's wonderful to have ...

I Live for This!: Baseball's Last True Believer

10 reviews
Bill Plaschke

Houghton Mifflin, 2007

Tommy Over The Ages
Do you bleed Dodger blue? Tommy does. If that's your blood color, don't miss this breezy look at the many ages of Tommy from little kid through to the 2008 season when he managed the last game at Dodgertown in Vero Beach. Tommy Lasorda is a unique combination of loyal supporter, brash striver, outrageous motivator, kid with a chip on his shoulder, big-hearted helper, insecure human, ...

Hard Knox: The Life of an NFL Coach

3 reviews
Chuck Knox, Bill Plaschke

Harcourt, 1988

Hard Knox
I really enjoyed this book, it was very interesting to get a behind the scenes look at a coach in the NFL. I think that Chuck Knox is one of the more interesting personalities in the game. I'm a Seahawk fan so I especially enjoyed it, but even if I wasn't I think I would still find it interesting.