By Lou Boudreau,Jack Brickhouse,Chuck Heaton,Russell Schneider
ISBN-10: 168358046X
ISBN-13: 9781683580461
The autobiography of a baseball great.
Lou Boudreau is taken into account essentially the most notable males in baseball background. He used to be a player-manager, an All superstar, an MVP, an international Serieswinner, and a corridor of Famer. yet that in basic terms scratches the skin of The solid Kid.” In Lou Boudreau: protecting the entire Bases, listen from his personal phrases the non-public tale of a boy from Harvey, Illinois, and the way he took the game of baseball my storm.
In 1942, at simply twenty-four years of age and with lower than 3 complete seasons within the significant leagues, Boudreau used to be named because the team’s subsequent supervisor. He took the function heavily, and made certain to consistently lead by way of instance. Lou additionally stocks tales of twiddling with and coping with Cleveland’s first African American avid gamers, Larry Doby and Satchel Paige, and of successful the 1944 American League Batting Championship with successful in his ultimate at bat of the season. however the spotlight of Lou’s profession got here in 1948, while he used his bat, glove, and training talents to guide the Indians to an international sequence victory, whereas changing into the one player-manager ever to win the yank League MVP award.
Retiring as a ballplayer in 1952, Boudreau coached for 8 extra seasons ahead of ultimately jogging clear of the sphere in 1960. He then started his moment occupation as a broadcaster, and used to be the Voice of the Chicago Cubs” for nearly thirty years.
On August 10, 2001, Lou Boudreau passed on to the great beyond on the age of eighty-four. Enshrined within the nationwide Baseball corridor of status, The solid child” will continuously be remembered for what he did either off and on the sphere. As former teammate and corridor of Famer Bob Feller as soon as acknowledged, He was once an excellent supervisor, teammate, and buddy. there's not a extra gracious guy than Lou Boudreau.”
Lou Boudreau is taken into account essentially the most notable males in baseball background. He used to be a player-manager, an All superstar, an MVP, an international Serieswinner, and a corridor of Famer. yet that in basic terms scratches the skin of The solid Kid.” In Lou Boudreau: protecting the entire Bases, listen from his personal phrases the non-public tale of a boy from Harvey, Illinois, and the way he took the game of baseball my storm.
In 1942, at simply twenty-four years of age and with lower than 3 complete seasons within the significant leagues, Boudreau used to be named because the team’s subsequent supervisor. He took the function heavily, and made certain to consistently lead by way of instance. Lou additionally stocks tales of twiddling with and coping with Cleveland’s first African American avid gamers, Larry Doby and Satchel Paige, and of successful the 1944 American League Batting Championship with successful in his ultimate at bat of the season. however the spotlight of Lou’s profession got here in 1948, while he used his bat, glove, and training talents to guide the Indians to an international sequence victory, whereas changing into the one player-manager ever to win the yank League MVP award.
Retiring as a ballplayer in 1952, Boudreau coached for 8 extra seasons ahead of ultimately jogging clear of the sphere in 1960. He then started his moment occupation as a broadcaster, and used to be the Voice of the Chicago Cubs” for nearly thirty years.
On August 10, 2001, Lou Boudreau passed on to the great beyond on the age of eighty-four. Enshrined within the nationwide Baseball corridor of status, The solid child” will continuously be remembered for what he did either off and on the sphere. As former teammate and corridor of Famer Bob Feller as soon as acknowledged, He was once an excellent supervisor, teammate, and buddy. there's not a extra gracious guy than Lou Boudreau.”
