Men at Work: The Craft of BaseballWill examines four of the most "professional" men in baseball today and shows that the special pleasures of the game are perfectly represented by each of them--as they approach the game with the same obsessive attention to detail as any fine craftsman. |
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... Kubek said something like this to that scout during Spring Training , 1989 , and the response he got was something be- tween a shrug and a wink . Kubek , who is a liberal and therefore is as warmhearted as all get out , thinks advance ...
... Kubek said something like this to that scout during Spring Training , 1989 , and the response he got was something be- tween a shrug and a wink . Kubek , who is a liberal and therefore is as warmhearted as all get out , thinks advance ...
Page 210
... Kubek and generally put his back ( left ) foot in the same spot in the batter's box that Kubek dug with his foot . If Kubek changed his position even slightly , Maris would come back to the dugout after batting and ask why . It is ...
... Kubek and generally put his back ( left ) foot in the same spot in the batter's box that Kubek dug with his foot . If Kubek changed his position even slightly , Maris would come back to the dugout after batting and ask why . It is ...
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... Kubek , " lends itself to sitting around . " Kubek played near the end of the railroad era , when the Yankees still took 30 - hour train trips from New York to Kansas City . Thirty hours in close confinement with Casey Stengel was a ...
... Kubek , " lends itself to sitting around . " Kubek played near the end of the railroad era , when the Yankees still took 30 - hour train trips from New York to Kansas City . Thirty hours in close confinement with Casey Stengel was a ...
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