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Alou my baseball journey

Growing up in a tiny shack in the Dominican Republic, Felipe Alou never dreamed he would be the first man to go from his country to play and manage in Major League Baseball - and also the first to play in the World Series. In this extraordinary autobiography, Alou tells of his real dream: to become...

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Main Authors: Alou, Felipe, 1935- (Author), Kerasotis, Peter (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Alou, Felipe, > 1935-
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
Baseball managers > United States > Biography.
Dominican Americans > United States > Biography.
Autobiographies.
Summary: Growing up in a tiny shack in the Dominican Republic, Felipe Alou never dreamed he would be the first man to go from his country to play and manage in Major League Baseball - and also the first to play in the World Series. In this extraordinary autobiography, Alou tells of his real dream: to become a doctor.
Physical Description: xiv, 295 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN: 1496201523
9781496201522
Author Notes: Felipe Alou serves as special assistant to the general manager for the San Francisco Giants. He is an inductee in both the Canadian and the Latino Baseball Hall of Fame and lives with his wife, Lucie, in Boynton Beach, Florida. Peter Kerasotis is an author and journalist who has won ten Associated Press Sports Editor awards, six Football Writers Association of America awards, and seven Florida Sports Writers Association awards. Pedro Martínez is a Hall of Fame pitcher who, like Felipe Alou, is a native of the Dominican Republic. Bruce Bochy is a former Major League Baseball player who managed the Padres for twelve seasons and most recently managed the San Francisco Giants for thirteen seasons, during which he led the Giants to three World Series Championships.

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