The man who made Babe Ruth Brother Matthias of St. Mary's School
"At six-feet-six, the hulking Martin Leo Boutilier (1872-1944) was hard to miss. Yet the many books written about Babe Ruth relegate the soft-spoken teacher and coach to the shadows. Ruth credited Boutilier-known as Brother Matthias in the Congregation of St. Francis Xavier-with making him the...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
[2020]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b47449834*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1. Time for Reflection
- 2. A Farewell to Nova Scotia
- 3. St. Mary's
- 4. Birth and Rebirth
- 5. "He always built me."
- 6. A Star Begins to Twinkle
- 7. A Big Deal
- 8. A Homer for a Babe
- 9. Playing to Empty Seats
- 10. First Steps on the Big Stage
- 11. A Real Major Leaguer
- 12. Making History
- 13. The Peak and Past It
- Epilogue
- Appendix I: Brother Matthias Speaks
- Appendix II: Statistics-Batting
- Appendix III: Statistics-Pitching
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
