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NEW 2nd Edition! Born to be a Ballplayer... ...from a town so small it didn't have a traffic light. Dick McAuliffe was drafted into Major League Baseball at the age of 17 by the Detroit Tigers and became a 3-time MLB 'All Star', 1968 World Series Champion and loving Father with 2 wonderful kids. Every team needs a 'spark plug'… a player who can rally other players and the fans when things get tough. A batting stance like no other, he never got the credit he deserved playing America's favorite pastime giving 110% every time he hit the field. Told by his distant relative award winning Author Tom…mehr

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NEW 2nd Edition! Born to be a Ballplayer... ...from a town so small it didn't have a traffic light. Dick McAuliffe was drafted into Major League Baseball at the age of 17 by the Detroit Tigers and became a 3-time MLB 'All Star', 1968 World Series Champion and loving Father with 2 wonderful kids. Every team needs a 'spark plug'… a player who can rally other players and the fans when things get tough. A batting stance like no other, he never got the credit he deserved playing America's favorite pastime giving 110% every time he hit the field. Told by his distant relative award winning Author Tom McAuliffe via published interviews, his fellow players, friends and family, he was that glue that holds a team together. A player that is the passionate ignition source making positive things happen on the field and on the score board despite individual stats. That was Dick 'Mad Dog' McAuliffe and this is his inspirational story!
Autorenporträt
Tom Patrick McAuliffe is a Author living on Florida's Emerald Coast with his wife Sharon and cat Gigi. He is a former Photojournalist with the US Navy's Combat Camera Group and a graduate of the DOD's Mass Communications program at Syracuse University. A magazine Editor and Writer with more than 25 years of by- lines he has written four new books; •Mr. Mulligan-The life of Champion Armless Golfer Tommy McAuliffe •NUTS! The Life of General Tony McAuliffe •Throttle Up! Teacher Astronaut Christa McAuliffe •MAD DOG! Detroit Tiger Dick McAuliffe 2023 will see a new book on Tom's time in Radio, Entertainment and even Combat Camera Group! All books are available in Print, eBook and Audiobook formats at your favorite media content outlet.