Steve Garvey
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Garvey, Steve
- Officiële naam
- Garvey, Steven Patrick
- Geboortedatum
- 1948-12-22
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Tampa, Florida, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Palm Desert, California, USA - Opleiding
- Michigan State University
- Beroepen
- baseball player
- Organisaties
- Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
Garvey Communications - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- MLB All-Star Game MVP (1974 ∙ 1978)
NLCS MVP (1978 ∙ 1984)
Roberto Clemente Award (1981)
Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (1984)
Retired Jersey (San Diego Padres)
Irish American Hall of Fame (toon alle 12)
Michigan State University Athletics Hall of Fame
Most Valuable Player (NL|1974)
Gold Glove Award (NL|1B|1974)
Gold Glove Award (NL|1B|1975)
Gold Glove Award (NL|1B|1976)
Gold Glove Award (NL|1B|1977)
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- 4
- Ook door
- 1
- Leden
- 54
- Populariteit
- #299,230
- Waardering
- 3.4
- Besprekingen
- 3
- ISBNs
- 4
Garvey describes what he’s learned in the six years (1956-1961) he was a bat boy for The Dodgers during spring training or exhibition games. After a short intro about how he became a bat boy, Garvey describes the players all in their own chapter: Reese, who I learned is part Dutch, Hodges, Robinson, Erskine, Snider, Campenella, Koufax and non-Dodgers Mantle and Kaline. Most of those players have an (auto)biography, but here you get a mini biography of each of them.
It’s an easy book, Garvey put in loads of quotes from biographies. One of the up sides, if you don’t know whose (auto)biography you want to read, is that you can read this book and pick the Dodger you want. A bit like CliffsNotes.
I felt the need to know more about The Duke so I’ll read ’The Duke of Flatbush’ first. Once again: an easy book, but it’s nice to see one of the Dodgers best players of the 70’s and 80’s paying tribute to those who wore Dodger Blue before him.… (meer)