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Since the early 1930s "MacPhail" has been a big name in baseball. Three generations of this one family have provided leadership, innovation and vision for the sport. Larry, Lee and Andy MacPhail, representing very different eras of American life, have each addressed baseball's needs and opportunities in his own way.
During the 1930s and 1940s Larry MacPhail served as general manager and vice president of the Cincinnati Reds, executive vice president and president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and part owner and president of the New York Yankees. He was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978. Larry's son, Lee, worked for 13 years in the Yankee organization before serving as general manager and president of the Baltimore Orioles. Lee later served two five-year terms as president of the American League and two years as president of the Player Relations Committee. Lee was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998, becoming the only son ever to join his father in the Hall. Lee's son, Andy, worked in management positions for the Chicago Cubs, the Houston Astros and the Minnesota Twins before becoming president and CEO of the Cubs.
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Anthony Oriento
reviewed The MacPhails: Baseball's First Family of the Front-Office on March 13, 2012
The MacPhails: Baseball's First Family of the Front-Office
I'm not normally a fan of biographies. That being said, I had never heard of Florence, and when I was watching a documentary series on film making, her name came up as something of a 'lost and forgotten chapter'. This piqued my interest enough to hunt down the book.
For me, the work was rote and dry. Except, it's a biography, so it sort of has to be. I gave the book a high rating not so much on its readability, but based on the fact that the author has done so much painstaking research, and then managed to tie the whole mess together into a cohesive and linear tale. It's the sort of work I admire because I have the utmost respect for individuals who do such meticulous work in their writing. Something I could - nor would - ever have the drive to do.
Even if you're not a biography fan, there is enough of a sensible structure in the work to be able to gloss over some paragraphs and still 'get the story'. I'd rather see that, than have this author's work ignored. He's done a hell of a job. And Florence's life is, sadly, another one of fame gone right and horribly wrong, ending in her suicide.
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