This book is a great read, although it has been at least 10 years and probably more since I read it.
Long time Yankee GM George Weiss was indeed a tough nut to crack for the players, and would keep salaries down as much as he could.
Devine hated it when Rickey returned to the Cardinals as a special advisor. However, Boyer14 is mixing up Frank “Trader” Lane and Branch Rickey. It was Lane who wanted to deal Musial, and did trade Schoendienst. Lane was GM around the 1956-1958 time frame, with Bing taking over in ‘58 I believe.
The Cardinals dealt Red to the Giants when it appeared Don Blasingame was ready to take over second base.
But Rickey did occasionally disagree on deals Bing wanted to make. The deal that brought Dick Groat over from Pittsburgh for young Julio Gotay, with others involved, was one Rickey would not have made. In hindsight, the Cardinal probably do not win 93 games in ‘63 and ‘64 without Groat.