Dennis Snelling

Lefty O'Doul

Baseball's Forgotten Ambassador

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Produktbeschreibung

The untold story of Lefty O'Doul, one of baseball's greatest hitters, most colorful characters, and the unofficial father of professional baseball in Japan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 142mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 606g
• ISBN-13: 9781496234759
• ISBN-10: 1496234758
• Artikelnr.: 64538730

Autorenporträt

Dennis Snelling has been a senior writer for Helmar Baseball History and Art magazine and a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and the Pacific Coast League Historical Society. He is the author of The Greatest Minor League: A History of the Pacific Coast League, 1903–1957 and Johnny Evers: A Baseball Life.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. Butchertown
2. He Can Be Just as Great a Ballplayer as He Cares
3. This Fellow Frank O’Doul Is a Sure Frank Merriwell
4. He Always Could Play Ball, Now He Gets It Earnestly
5. I Feel as Though I Am Going to Have a Great Year
6. The Fellow Has Plenty on the Personality Ball
7. Banzai O’Doul
8. Baseball’s Greatest Hitting Instructor
9. Manager for Life
10. It Is Epidemic
11. In Fact, We Are Major League!
12. There Are No Trick Plays, No Short Cuts
13. I’d Rather Be a Bad Winner
14. The San Francisco Giants
15. A Big, Big, Big, Big Thing
16. He Was Here at a Good Time
Epilogue: Lefty's Story Continues
Notes
Bibliography
Index