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Lefty O'Doul - Baseball's Forgotten Ambassador (Paperback)
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Lefty O'Doul - Baseball's Forgotten Ambassador (Paperback)
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List price R658
Loot Price R563
Discovery Miles 5 630
You Save R95 (14%)
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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 among 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
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. This edition
features a new epilogue by the author.
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