Dan Austin

Baseball's Last Great Scout

The Life of Hugh Alexander

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Produktbeschreibung

Dan Austin is professor emeritus of business at Nova Southeastern University. He has completed two oral history projects, one for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the other celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Negro Professional Baseball League in Kansas City, Missouri.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 149mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780803245013
• ISBN-10: 0803245017
• Artikelnr.: 36757503

Autorenporträt

Dan Austin is professor emeritus of business at Nova Southeastern University. He has completed two oral history projects, one for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the other celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Negro Professional Baseball League in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. A Stick of Dynamite
2. Enter Cy Slapnicka
3. On the Road Again and Again
4. Striking Gold in His Own Backyard
5. You Gotta Have a Plan
6. Scouting in Wartime
7. After the War, the Show Goes On
8. Watch, but Don't Pick
9. Miles Behind, Miles Ahead, but No U-turns
10. First Brooklyn, Then Dodging His Way to the West Coast
11. A Mythical Combination
12. A Three-Traffic-Light Town and Loads of Talent
13. Hondo Hits Them High and Deep
14. Getting a Twofer
15. He Made Me Keep Coming Back
16. From No Prospect to Future Hall of Famer
17. Where There's a Tryout Camp, There's Hope
18. Make Way for Tomorrow
19. Building a New Dream
20. Let's Get Real about Rebuilding This Club
21. Trading Who, and Trading When
22. You Can Lose If You Don't Know the Rules
23. Finally a Winner
24. Looking at Another Scoreboard
25. History Repeats Itself
26. Overcoming Pitfalls in Seeking Certainty