
The Art of Scouting.
Title:
The Art of Scouting.
Author:
Stewart, Art.
ISBN:
9780991275632
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (273 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Foreword by George Brett -- Chapter 1 - Donna Wakely and the two great loves of my life -- Chapter 2 - Bo Jackson and the greatest scouting story of my life -- Chapter 3 - The shortstop from El Segundo who changed the Royals forever -- Chapter 4 - How trades happen -- Chapter 5 - Bob Feller, straw hats and Peggy Move Up -- Chapter 6 - Gun shots and bad cookies -- Chapter 7 - The changing times -- Chapter 8 - You drafted the player, but can you sign him? -- Chapter 9 - How a phenom named Rick Reichardt changed the game -- Chapter 10 - Mr. K -- Chapter 11 - The greatest year in Royals history -- Chapter 12 - Inside the draft room -- Chapter 13 - Prisons and a wife-swapper: a scouting story -- Chapter 14 - The greatest age in baseball's greatest franchise -- Chapter 15 - How the Royals Academy innovated scouting -- Chapter 16 - Siphoning gas, breaking and entering, and how baseball has gotten me out of speeding tickets -- Chapter 17 - So, you want to be a scout? -- Chapter 18 - The owners and GMs -- Chapter 19 - Rosemary -- Chapter 20 - Seven decades aren't enough -- Acknowledgements -- Author Bios.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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