| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 529 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Hookey from high school -- The big leagues were a long way off -- Up with Detroit and Philadelphia -- Go West, young man -- Points South -- The road back to Triple-A -- Mile high, here we come -- A car missing a wheel -- Scouting, the toughest job in baseball -- Putting all the king's men together -- If this is Tuesday, it must be Albuquerque -- Billy ball -- Retirement? What retirement? -- My own Hall of Fame -- I dream of baseball. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
Charlie Metro's career runs the gamut of the specialties found in baseball-player, coach, manager, scout, inventor. Metro has lived baseball at every level from the Great Depression to today's multimillion dollar contracts. One of a kind, Metro's life mirrors the astounding changes in the game as well as in the nation. Metro's tale is full of heart and a wealth of anecdotes, the result of a fascinating life and a true love of the game. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Metro, Charlie, 1918-
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Metro, Charlie, 1918- |
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Metro, Charlie, 1918- |
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Baseball managers -- United States -- Biography.
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Baseball managers. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Altherr, Thomas L.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Metro, Charlie, 1918- Safe by a mile. Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, ©2002 0803282818 (DLC) 2001053180 (OCoLC)47863287 |
| ISBN |
080320180X (electronic book) |
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9780803201804 (electronic book) |
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1280423544 |
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9781280423543 |
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0803282818 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780803282810 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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