I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I'd trip her up.

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Durocher was a favorite of Yankee manager Miller Huggins who saw in him the seeds of a great manager – the competitiveness the passion the ego the facility for remembering situations. The following morning however MacPhail inevitably would hire Durocher back. Personal life
In addition to his aforementioned marriage to Laraine Day Leo was also married to Grace Dozier in 1934 and Lynne Walker Goldblatt in 1969.

Leo Ernest Durocher (July 27 1905 – October 7 1991) nicknamed Leo the Lip was an American infielder and manager in Major League Baseball. Durocher was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.