Lucky Me

Lucky Me
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 396
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ISBN-10 : 9780803286665
ISBN-13 : 080328666X
Rating : 4/5 (66X Downloads)

Book Synopsis Lucky Me by : Eddie Robinson

Download or read book Lucky Me written by Eddie Robinson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eddie Robinson's career lasted sixty-five years and spanned the era before and during World War II, integration, the organization of the players union, expansion, use of artificial turf, free agency, labor stoppages, and even the steroid era. He was a Minor League player, a Major League player, a coach, a farm director, a general manager, a scout, and a consultant. During his six and a half decades in baseball, he knew, played with or against, or worked for or with many of baseball's greats, including Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Bob Feller, Rogers Hornsby, Mickey Mantle, Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Tris Speaker, George Steinbrenner, Casey Stengel, Bill Veeck, and Ted Williams. The lively autobiography of Robinson, Lucky Me highlights a career that touched all aspects of the game from player to coach to front-office executive and scout. In it Robinson reveals for the first time that the 1948 Cleveland Indians stole the opposition's signs with the use of a telescope in their drive to the pennant. This edition features a new afterword by C. Paul Rogers III.


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