Durocher

[ doo-roh-sher ]

noun

1. Leo Ernest The Lip, 1905–91, U.S. baseball player and manager.

Example Sentences

Leo Durocher, who spent a lifetime in baseball as a player and manager, and was Mays’ first manager with the Giants, declared his protégé to be “the greatest ballplayer I’ve ever seen,” and Durocher had seen Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Stan Musial and Hank Aaron, among other greats.

From Los Angeles Times

“You’re gonna play center field for me tomorrow and the day after that, so you better get used to the idea,” Durocher replied.

From Los Angeles Times

The surge ended in the World Series, the lordly Yankees winning in six games, but Mays was on his way and Durocher gave him full credit.

From Los Angeles Times

He had only one hit in his first 26 at-bats, a home run off Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves, and asked Durocher to send him back to Minneapolis.

From Los Angeles Times

Sarah Durocher, Le Planning Familial's president, said the series had been a source of information and inspiration in terms of questions young people were asking their service.

From BBC