Full Description
Many in baseball consider the scout to be the most important figure in any organization: It is the scout's work in the high school and college bleachers that unearths future legends. Few have achieved more--and in such grand style--than George Genovese.
In a game that values numbers, Genovese's are staggering. No other scout has been responsible for more players in a single lineup, more home runs by players signed or more All-Star and World Series highlights than Genovese.
Genovese's eye for talent is unmatched, his advocacy for the players he discovers is unrivaled, and the investment he makes toward their success is a difference maker. This autobiography is the story of his seven decades in baseball as a player, manager and scout.
Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword by Tommy Lasorda
1. Where Did You Find This Guy?
2. My Pop's Prophesy
3. Daydream Believer
4. Getting in the Game
5. The Man and Stan
6. The Real Fight
7. The Heart of the Battle
8. Back to Baseball
9. Welcomed by an Actor
10. Telegram from Washington
11. Delivering the Mail
12. The Goose Shooter
13. A Hornet's Nest
14. Getting Off the Island
15. The Unlikeliest Result
16. Taking a Giant Leap
17. The Second-Chance Man
18. Going to Bat
19. Calling with a Calling
20. The Winning Hand
21. The Different View
22. The More Friends You Make
23. My Brother-in-Law Has a Player
24. The Champagne Is on Ice
25. Spies, Lies and Long Pop Flies
26. Special Delivery Disappointment
27. The Test of Loyalty
28. A Change of Face
29. The Escape Hatch
30. The Mystery of the Game
31. A Promise Fulfilled
32. Shaken and Shattered
33. Keys from Success
34. The Price You Pay for Progress
35. Hooked by the Fish
Epilogue by Dan Taylor
Appendix A: Major League Players Signed by Genovese
Appendix B: Career Home Runs by Players Signed or Recommended by Genovese
Index
