Tom Gamboa

My Life in Baseball

Tom Gamboa, David Russell (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2017
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6741-6 (ISBN)

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Tom Gamboa played professionally, coached, scouted, managed in the minors and in Puerto Rico, and coached in the big leagues with the Cubs and Royals. He even had a small part in the Academy Award nominated Moneyball. With his insight and humour, Tom takes readers inside the dugouts and clubhouses for all the behind the scenes workings of a baseball team.

Tom Gamboa played baseball professionally, coached, scouted, managed in the minors and in Puerto Rico and coached in the majors with the Cubs and Royals. Scouring the country for talent, he discovered Jesse Orosco and helped develop Doug Glanville and Jose Hernandez in Puerto Rico and in the Cubs organization. Before Jim "The Rookie" Morris made it to the majors, Gamboa coached him on a title team in the Brewers organization. Sammy Sosa promised him a fist-bump for each home run Sosa hit--Tom didn't suspect he was due 60 of them over each of the next two seasons. With a lot of humor, Gamboa takes his readers well inside the dugouts and clubhouses.

David Russell is a graduate of St. John’s University and Queensborough Community College. He lives in Forest Hills, New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Doug Glanville

Introduction

A Childhood in Baseball

Scouting

Brewers Years

Tigers Years

Puerto Rico

Doug Glanville

Jose Hernandez

The Padres Years

Coaching Third at Wrigley

Managing in Albuquerque

Kansas City

Attack

After the Attack

Ejected in Final Game

World Baseball Classic

Epilogue

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	12.08.2017
Zusatzinfo	14 photos, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
ISBN-10	1-4766-6741-1 / 1476667411
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6741-6 / 9781476667416
Zustand	Neuware