Alou: My Baseball Journey (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781496201522)

Growing up in a tiny shack in the Dominican Republic, Felipe Alou never dreamed he would be the first man born and raised in his country to play and manage in Major League Baseball--and also the first to play in the World Series.

In this extraordinary autobiography, Alou tells of his real dream to become a doctor, and an improbable turn of events that led to the pro contract. Battling racism in the United States and political turmoil in his home country, Alou persevered, paving the way for his brothers and scores of other Dominicans, including his son Mois s.

Alou played seventeen years in the Major Leagues, accumulating more than two thousand hits and two hundred home runs, and then managed for another fourteen years--four with the San Francisco Giants and ten with the Montreal Expos, where he became the winningest manager in franchise history. Alou's pioneering journey is embedded in the history of baseball, the Dominican Republic, and a remarkable family.
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Author: Felipe Alou, Peter Kerasotis
ISBN-10: 1496201523
ISBN-13: 9781496201522
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2018
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/26/2018
Library Journal 04/01/2018 pg. 74