TWO TIMES AT BAT
"The New York Giants' Leo Durocher of 1951 is a more serious Durocher than in 1928 when as a fresh young squirt of a Yankee rookie he stopped a game in Detroit by storming up to the plate umpire while Fat Bob Fothergill was at bat and, with a dead pan, screaming, 'You can't let these two guys bat at the same time.!'
-Dan Parker in the New York Mirror
DO HIM SERIOUS?
"Leo Durocher was discussing the problem of encouraging players. The New York Giants' manager told of the 1941 season when Johnny Allen pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers against Paul Derringer. It was in Cincinnati, during a heat wave. After each inning, Durocher would pat Allen and say, 'Hold'em, Johnny, and we'll get'em for you.'
But the game was scoreless, and after fourteen innings of hearing Durocher's 'Hold'em, Johnny; we'll get'em for you,' the pitcher sighed, 'Leo, I'm beginning to think you're kidding me.'"
-Leonard Lyons in the New York Post
"Leo began in organized baseball as a shortstop for Hartford of the Eastern League in 1925. He played in the majors with the Yankees, Reds, Cardinals and Dodgers. Leo's playing career was apparently over in 1941, but he took part in a few games in 1943 and 1945.
He managed the Dodgers for eight and one-half years, beginning in 1939. He became manager of the Giants in a surprise move in July 1948."
-1951 Bowman, No. 233 (Bowman Gum, Inc.)
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