During his time as manager of the Detroit Tigers from 1949 to 1951, Red Rolfe recorded daily accounts of each game, including observations about his team's performance, strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies of opposing players and managers. His journals offer an opportunity to find out what a manager is thinking when no one is around to hear.
During his time as manager of the Detroit Tigers from 1949 to 1951, Red Rolfe recorded daily accounts of each game, including observations about his t...
"Somewhere, if they haven't been destroyed, there are hundreds of pages of typewritten notes about American League players of that era, notes which I would love to get my hands on." -Bill James, in The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, on the journals of Red Rolfe "Red Rolfe's journal for his years as manager of the Detroit Tigers is the kind of precious source researchers yearn for. In combination with William M. Anderson's well-done text, The View from the Dugout will be of great interest to general readers and of immense value to students of baseball...
"Somewhere, if they haven't been destroyed, there are hundreds of pages of typewritten notes about American League players of that era, notes which I ...