Dixie Walker
a Life in Baseball
Over the course of fifty years in the mid-twentieth century, Fred Dixie Walker lived several baseball lives. Dubbed the successor to Babe Ruth after his impressive major league debut in 1931, Walker went from sure-fire prospect to injury-plagued underachiever, to Brooklyn hero, to persona non grata because of his complicated relationship with Jackie Robinson, and finally to redeemed, well-respected minor league manager and major league batting coach. The only player to have been a teammate of both Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson, Walker is remembered too often for the charge that he tried to keep Robinson from joining the Dodgers. This illumina…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7864-4633-9
- EAN: 9780786446339
- Produktnummer: 10726492
- Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 273 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm 380 g
- Abbildungen: 42 photographs
- Gewicht: 380
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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