Birdie Confessions of a Baseball Nomad

by Tebbetts, Birdie; Morrison, James; Jackson, Reggie

• ISBN13: 9781572434554
• ISBN10: 1572434554
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Triumph Books

Summary

During his 65-year career in professional baseball, Birdie Tebbetts was a player, coach, manager, scout, and executive and nobody knew the game the way Birdie did. From Hank Greenberg to Reggie Jackson, Birdie worked with all the brightest stars in baseball's constellation and this biography is a behind-the-scenes memoir to one of the more unique and engaging people to haave ever played the game.

Author Biography

Birdie Tebbetts was a baseball player, manager, scout, and front office executive. He died in 1999, leaving behind an eight-foot long shelf of diaries as well as numerous tapes about his life and times in baseball. James Morrison, Birdie's cousin and confidant of 60 years, has brought Birdie to life in these pages—in Tebbetts' authentic and distinctive voice. An adman for 15 years, he has been an independent documentary film producer for 30 years and is the author of several books. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Reggie Jackson is a former Major League Baseball player who was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1993.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Editorial Note	xi
Introduction	xiii
Catch as Catch Can	1	(6)
The Nashua Millionaires	7	(16)
To the Big Time	23	(22)
The Drive to Glory	45	(10)
The Day the World Changed	55	(16)
Catching Then and Now	71	(6)
The Lawgivers	77	(18)
At Home in the Fens	95	(22)
Manager of the Year!	117	(28)
The Big Shot	145	(22)
The Prophets	167	(30)
Index	197