Lefty O'Doul
Author | : Dennis Snelling |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 2017-05-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0803290969 |
From San Francisco to the Ginza in Tokyo, Lefty O’Doul relates the untold story of one of baseball’s greatest hitters, most colorful characters, and the unofficial father of professional baseball in Japan. Lefty O’Doul (1897–1969) began his career on the sandlots of San Francisco and was drafted by the Yankees as a pitcher. Although an arm injury and his refusal to give up the mound clouded his first four years, he converted into an outfielder. After four Minor League seasons he returned to the Major Leagues to become one of the game’s most prolific power hitters, retiring with the fourth-highest lifetime batting average in Major League history. A self-taught “scientific” hitter, O’Doul then became the game’s preeminent hitting instructor, counting Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams as his top disciples. In 1931 O’Doul traveled to Japan with an All-Star team and later convinced Babe Ruth to headline a 1934 tour. By helping to establish the professional game in Japan, he paved the way for Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki, and Hideki Matsui to play in the American Major Leagues. O’Doul’s finest moment came in 1949, when General Douglas MacArthur asked him to bring a baseball team to Japan, a tour that MacArthur later praised as one of the greatest diplomatic efforts in U.S. history. O’Doul became one of the most successful managers in the Pacific Coast League and was instrumental in spreading baseball’s growth and popularity in Japan. He is still beloved in Japan, where in 2002 he was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.
Lefty O' the Big League
Author | : Burt L. Standish |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1216 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Baseball stories |
ISBN | : |
The Call of the Varsity
Author | : Burt L. Standish |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Baseball players |
ISBN | : |
The Go Ahead Boys on Smugglers' Island
Author | : Ross Kay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.) |
ISBN | : |
The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters, Or, The Lost Treasure of Buffalo Hollow
Author | : Charles Henry Lerrigo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Boy Scouts |
ISBN | : |
Glen runs away from reform school and meets a man called 'Jolly Bill' that requires a bodyguard to help search for a treasure in Buffalo Hollow. The treasure is a secret that could make the land profitable with some hard work. They enlist the help of some boy scouts who were camped nearby. The group learns about the treacherous Indians that started the incident leading to this project. They also encounter a false trail, chase on the motor-bike, detective Matty, the cave, and more.