Gib Bodet, Major League Scout

Twelve Thousand Baseball Games and Six Million Miles

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

Av Gib Bodet, P.J. Dragseth, P. J. Dragseth

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Gib Bodet's 70-year love affair with baseball dates from his childhood in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, and it has carried him through parts of six decades as a scout with the Red Sox, Tigers, Expos, Angels, Royals, and Dodgers. He played ball in high school and the military, coached youth and legion teams, and finally made the game his profession at age 38. In this memoir, Bodet recalls humorous stories about people he worked for and with--Peter O'Malley, Walter Shannon, Gene Autry, John Schuerholz, Al Campanis and long-time friend Tom Lasorda among them--and describes his role in drafting and signing such players as Mike Piazza, Eric Karros, Todd Hollandsworth, Paul Konerko, Matt Kemp, Clayton Kershaw and Chad Billingsley.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-01-03
Mått152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor248
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786472406

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments viForeword by Tommy Lasorda 1Preface by Gib Bodet 3Introduction by P.J. Dragseth 7My Road to the Dodgers 13The O’Malley Era 39The Life of a National Cross Checker 49It’s All Part of Scouting 57Moneyball and Swiss Cheese: Both Full of Holes 75Coverage of Amateur Players: Twelve Thousand Games, Six Million Miles 85Is He Having Fun? Tips for Developing Young Players 99Slumps, Streaks, Sliding, Stealing and Other “S” Words 108When Junior Is a Prospect: Draft Guidelines 137Off to the Races: An Inside Look at the Draft 161Four Decades of Baseball Observations 180My Two Cents 215Epilogue 233Index 235