My Summer As A Cub - Couverture souple

Leonard, R. Rathbone

 
9781456794132: My Summer As A Cub
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1456794132 ISBN 13 : 9781456794132
Editeur : AuthorHouse Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Lenny Puddock writes of his experiences as a Chicago Cub during the 2011 baseball season. Puddock is a 32-year-old physical therapist for the Indianapolis National Institute of Fitness and Health who attended Randy Hundley's Fantasy Camp. Part of the Fantasy Camp experience is his developing friendship with Gertrude Castellano, a waitress who becomes a singing star. They romance at a distance. Puddock is invited to the Cubs' Spring Training after an outstanding performance at the Camp. The Cubs offer him a contract with the Daytona Class A team and he accepts. Puddock is moved up to Class AA Tennessee in mid-May and is called up to the Cubs in mid-July. He was batting. 378. In mid-August Mike Quade resigns as manager. Ryne Sandberg, who had an escape clause in his contract with a Phillies Minor League team, becomes the Cubs manager. When Puddock joined the parent club, the Cubs were 10 ½ games out of first place. By the end of August they are four from the Wild Card spot. In the waning days of August the roster was two short due to injuries. Sandberg did not want to disrupt the Iowa or Tennessee playoff-bound teams, so he activated Greg Maddux and himself, thinking the roster had to contain the maximum 25 players. Plans were to activate two players before the August 31 midnight deadline but due to an intern's goof not recognizing the difference in Eastern Standard Time and Central Standard Time, the move came too late. In essence the Cubs would have only a 23-player Post-Season roster. The Cubs win their Division and League playoffs and enter World Series for the first time in 76 years. In an amazing ninth inning of the seventh game, the Cubs win the Series.

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Biographie de l'auteur

R. Rathbone Leonard began his journalism career at age 16 as sports editor of the school paper at Culver Military Academy. As late as mid-summer of 2006 at age 79 he was an active journalist, writing a sports column for an Indianapolis suburban newspaper. In between he worked for a Cass County (Ind) weekly on the G. I. Bill, owned a weekly in Wabash County (Ind), was sports editor of the Frankfort (Ind) Times, and was a reporter, sportswriter, assistant Sunday editor, assistant state editor and photo editor during a 23-year stint at The Indianapolis Star. Leonard attended the University of Chicago before serving in the U. S. Navy V-5 program (pilot training) during World War II. He attended St. Ambrose College (Iowa), Colorado College, Indiana University and Ball State University where he attained a bachelor's degree in communications. For three years he moderated a television program on WTTV (Indianapolis) and from 1961 through 1965 published Big Time Wrestling magazine. He was interim Sports Information Director one year at Indiana Central University and Publicity Director two years for Citizens Forum of Indianapolis. This is his third book, second about the Chicago Cubs. About The Illustrator Kelsey Bigelow aspired to be an artist since childhood, and art has been her main focus throughout her education. A "chipess" off the old block, she is the daughter of the late John Merritt Bigelow, longtime artist for The Indianapolis Star. In 2007 she earned her Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art from Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis. She contributed to Cubbing written by Russ Leonard, as well as numerous private commissions. Ms. Bigelow currently resides in Indianapolis with her husband and freelances as an artist and illustrator.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Lenny Puddock writes of his experiences as a Chicago Cub during the 2011 baseball season. Puddock is a 32-year-old physical therapist for the Indianapolis National Institute of Fitness and Health who attended Randy Hundley's Fantasy Camp. Part of the Fantasy Camp experience is his developing friendship with Gertrude Castellano, a waitress who becomes a singing star. They romance at a distance. Puddock is invited to the Cubs' Spring Training after an outstanding performance at the Camp. The Cubs offer him a contract with the Daytona Class A team and he accepts. Puddock is moved up to Class AA Tennessee in mid-May and is called up to the Cubs in mid-July. He was batting. 378. In mid-August Mike Quade resigns as manager. Ryne Sandberg, who had an escape clause in his contract with a Phillies Minor League team, becomes the Cubs manager. When Puddock joined the parent club, the Cubs were 10 ½ games out of first place. By the end of August they are four from the Wild Card spot. In the waning days of August the roster was two short due to injuries. Sandberg did not want to disrupt the Iowa or Tennessee playoff-bound teams, so he activated Greg Maddux and himself, thinking the roster had to contain the maximum 25 players. Plans were to activate two players before the August 31 midnight deadline but due to an intern's goof not recognizing the difference in Eastern Standard Time and Central Standard Time, the move came too late. In essence the Cubs would have only a 23-player Post-Season roster. The Cubs win their Division and League playoffs and enter World Series for the first time in 76 years. In an amazing ninth inning of the seventh game, the Cubs win the Series.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1456794132
ISBN 13 
9781456794132
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
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