Sports
In a red brick church on the side of a gently rising hill, Leo Durocher was remembered Friday morning as a caring yet cantankerous figure, one of baseball’s most colorful characters whose place is secure in baseball lore, if not the Hall of Fame.
Oct. 12, 1991
Angels
It was with sadness and regret that Buzzie Bavasi, a member of the Hall of Fame veterans committee, learned Monday of Leo Durocher’s death at 86.
Oct. 8, 1991
Leo Durocher, one of baseball’s controversial characters, died Monday of natural causes at Desert Hospital in Palm Springs.
Former baseball manager Leo Durocher was in serious but stable condition at Desert Hospital today after he was hurt in a traffic accident, authorities reported.
Feb. 17, 1989
Joe Gergen of Newsday recalls how Leo Durocher, who died Monday at 86, once stirred up New York Met fans with some typical Leo lip in 1969.
Oct. 9, 1991
Former baseball manager Leo Durocher, who was injured in a traffic accident, remained hospitalized in Palm Springs, but his condition has improved, a nursing official said.
Feb. 19, 1989
This report might properly be titled, with apologies to the playwright, “The Lion in Winter.”
Jan. 18, 1987
It wasn’t one of the highlights of Leo Durocher’s checkered career, yet it put him in a class by himself in baseball history.
June 15, 1988
Shame on the Baseball Hall of Fame Veterans Committee!
Oct. 19, 1991
Larry Wilde, in “The Official Sports Maniac Joke Book,” tells the one about Leo Durocher trying to find enough able bodies to field a team in Brooklyn during World War II.
Oct. 30, 1985