Bob Allison
Auteur van The Kid Who Batted 1.000
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(eng) NOT the Bob Allison who played baseball for the Minnesota Twins in the '50s. The photo accompanying this profile is in error.
Fotografie: credit: Cool of the Evening
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radio broadcaster - Ontwarringsbericht
- NOT the Bob Allison who played baseball for the Minnesota Twins in the '50s.
The photo accompanying this profile is in error.
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The Kid Who Batted 1.000 door Bob Allison & Frank Ernest Hill
JBurlinson, you must not have finished the book. In his final game, the kid, facing a radical defensive shift, swings away and knocks an extra-base hit to the outfield that wins the playoffs. Your perspective might be altered if you knew that the book's target demo was 10-year-old boys.
Let's see here. The kid in the title hits the ball a ton -- way, way out there. But the ball always goes foul. A scout recruits him for a pro team where he proceeds to demoralize every pitcher he faces because he always hits their pitches a ton -- way, way out there, but always foul. Not only does he demoralize them, he also wears out their arms. I only have two questions: (1) If he never gets a hit or a strikeout, he can't hit 1.000 because he never has an official at bat. (2) Why did it take two authors to write this book? The only answer I can come up with for question # 2 is that the first author got sick of the story and had to be relieved.… (meer)
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