Title Lucky me : my sixty-five years in baseball / Eddie Robinson, with C. Paul Rogers III ; foreword by Tom Grieve ; introduction by Bobby Brown

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]

Click on the following:
EBSCO eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xvi, 248 pages) : illustrations Summary 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 Notes Includes index Print version record Subject Robinson, Eddie, 1920- Robinson, Eddie, 1920- Major League Baseball (Organization) -- History -- 20th century Major League Baseball (Organization) -- History -- 21st century Major League Baseball (Organization) Baseball players -- United States -- Biography Baseball managers -- United States -- Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports. GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports. SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects. SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays. SPORTS & RECREATION -- History. SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference. TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports. Baseball managers Baseball players United States Genre/Form autobiographies (literary genre) Autobiographies Biographies History Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Rogers, C. Paul LC no. 2015019114 ISBN 9780803286665 080328666X

  Permalink