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79 Years Ago Today: Leo Durocher & Jackie Robinson shake hands before a Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Montreal Royals game in Havana, Cuba! A few weeks later Jackie would break the color barrier in his major league debut at Ebbets Field! (March 31, 1947)
Dodgers president Larry McPhail and manager Leo Durocher surrounded by ecstatic fans during the Dodger Victory Parade on Flatbush Avenue on September 19, 1941. They had just won the National League title.
Photo: NY Daily News via seeoldnyc.com
Messing with Willie Mays during a game of pepper
(Loomis Dean. 1954)
(Original Caption) 1/27/1947-Leo Durocher and Laraine Day have had a busy week, divorced on Monday, married Laraine on Tuesday, try to straighten things with the judge on Wednesday, back to work on new picture on Thursday.That had been the schedule of actress Laraine Day the past four days.Photo shows new hubby Leo Durocher, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, giving his new wife, Laraine, that winning smile before she starts her new picture, "Tycoon," at RKO-Radio pictures, Laraine goes brunette for the first time.
Original Beast Mode
Leo Durocher presents Bob and Ray, Jonathan Winters, and William Frawley
December 20, 1960
#OTD in @chicagocubs history ▸ Cubs owner P.K. Wrigley announces that the club will not have a manger for the ‘61 season, but instead will use a “college of coaches.” The “faculty” for the upcoming campaign will include El Tappe, Charlie Grimm, Goldie Holt, Bobby Adams, Harry Craft, Vernon Walker, Ripper Collins, and Vedie Himsl, with each serving as “head coach” for part of the season.
The new “system” produced a 9th place, two 7th place, and two 8th place National League finishes in 5 years (for a combined record of 354-449 – a .441 winning percentage). In short, the College of Coaches was a disaster. Notably, the one player who openly disagreed with the plan was fireplug second baseman (and future Cubs’ manager) Don Zimmer. As a result, Zimmer found himself a member of the @mets for the 1962 season. In November 1965 Wrigley hired Leo Durocher to manage the 1966 Cubs squad, thus ending the experiment...
