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Late in 1937 Hugh Alexander, a kid fresh out of small-town Oklahoma, had just finished his second year playing outfield for the Cleveland Indians when an oil rig accident ripped off his left hand. Within three months he was back with the Indians, but this time as a scout-the youngest ever in Major L...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Late in 1937 Hugh Alexander, a kid fresh out of small-town Oklahoma, had just finished his second year playing outfield for the Cleveland Indians when an oil rig accident ripped off his left hand. Within three months he was back with the Indians, but this time as a scout-the youngest ever in Major League history. In the next six decades he signed more players who made it to the Majors than any other scout. His story, Baseball's Last Great Scout, reads like a backroom, bleacher-seat history of twentieth-century baseball-and a primer on what it takes to find a winner. It gives a. |
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| spelling | Austin, Dan. Baseball's last great scout : the life of Hugh Alexander / Dan Austin. Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2013. 1 online resource (200 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; 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 HisWay to the West Coast; 11 A Mythical Combination; 12 A Three-Traffi c-Light Townand 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 FutureHall of Famer17 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. Late in 1937 Hugh Alexander, a kid fresh out of small-town Oklahoma, had just finished his second year playing outfield for the Cleveland Indians when an oil rig accident ripped off his left hand. Within three months he was back with the Indians, but this time as a scout-the youngest ever in Major League history. In the next six decades he signed more players who made it to the Majors than any other scout. His story, Baseball's Last Great Scout, reads like a backroom, bleacher-seat history of twentieth-century baseball-and a primer on what it takes to find a winner. It gives a. Print version record. Alexander, Hugh. Alexander, Hugh fast Baseball scouts United States Biography. Baseball United States History. Base-ball Recruteurs États-Unis Biographies. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sports. bisacsh GAMES Gambling Sports. bisacsh SPORTS & RECREATION Business Aspects. bisacsh SPORTS & RECREATION Essays. bisacsh SPORTS & RECREATION History. bisacsh SPORTS & RECREATION Reference. bisacsh TRAVEL Special Interest Sports. bisacsh Baseball fast Baseball scouts fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq Biographies fast History fast Print version: Austin, Daniel L. Baseball's Last Great Scout : The Life of Hugh Alexander. Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, ©2013 9780803245013 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=534468 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Austin, Dan Baseball's last great scout : the life of Hugh Alexander / Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; 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 HisWay to the West Coast; 11 A Mythical Combination; 12 A Three-Traffi c-Light Townand 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 FutureHall of Famer17 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. Alexander, Hugh. Alexander, Hugh fast Baseball scouts United States Biography. Baseball United States History. Base-ball Recruteurs États-Unis Biographies. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sports. bisacsh GAMES Gambling Sports. bisacsh SPORTS & RECREATION Business Aspects. bisacsh SPORTS & RECREATION Essays. bisacsh SPORTS & RECREATION History. bisacsh SPORTS & RECREATION Reference. bisacsh TRAVEL Special Interest Sports. bisacsh Baseball fast Baseball scouts fast |
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| title_full | Baseball's last great scout : the life of Hugh Alexander / Dan Austin. |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Baseball's last great scout : the life of Hugh Alexander / Dan Austin. |
| title_short | Baseball's last great scout : |
| title_sort | baseball s last great scout the life of hugh alexander |
| title_sub | the life of Hugh Alexander / |
| topic | Alexander, Hugh. Alexander, Hugh fast Baseball scouts United States Biography. Baseball United States History. Base-ball Recruteurs États-Unis Biographies. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sports. bisacsh GAMES Gambling Sports. bisacsh SPORTS & RECREATION Business Aspects. bisacsh SPORTS & RECREATION Essays. bisacsh SPORTS & RECREATION History. bisacsh SPORTS & RECREATION Reference. bisacsh TRAVEL Special Interest Sports. bisacsh Baseball fast Baseball scouts fast |
| topic_facet | Alexander, Hugh. Alexander, Hugh Baseball scouts United States Biography. Baseball United States History. Base-ball Recruteurs États-Unis Biographies. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sports. GAMES Gambling Sports. SPORTS & RECREATION Business Aspects. SPORTS & RECREATION Essays. SPORTS & RECREATION History. SPORTS & RECREATION Reference. TRAVEL Special Interest Sports. Baseball Baseball scouts United States Biographies History |
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