Many in baseball consider the scout to be the most important figure in any organization. Few have achieved more than George Genovese. Genovese's eye for talent is unmatched, his advocacy for the players he discovers is unrivalled and the investment he makes toward their success is a difference maker. This autobiography is the story of his seven decades in baseball as a player, manager and scout.
Many in baseball consider the scout to be the most important figure in any organization. Few have achieved more than George Genovese. Genovese's eye f...
Desire in its multifariously limpid and obscure manifestations is one of the salient themes that informs many of the poems in this collection, from the way it is experienced in its recognisably subjective forms as longing, love or intention, to the more challenging notion of its expression as artefact - the objective creations of daily use such as cups, tables, books and money. Consonant with this notion is the way language allies itself with it to make it actual - this book you are holding and its contents being an instance of that - for if our daily artefacts are the echoes of its...
Desire in its multifariously limpid and obscure manifestations is one of the salient themes that informs many of the poems in this collection, from...
For most fans greatness is measured in trophies and awards and confirmed by consistency over time. During his 70 years in baseball, scout George Genovese witnessed some of the most talented players ever to play the game - some of them unknown to fans. He recalls the careers of unsung greats like Nestor Chavez, Matt Harrington and Derek Tatsuno, who never gained immortality despite unrivaled talent.
For most fans greatness is measured in trophies and awards and confirmed by consistency over time. During his 70 years in baseball, scout George Genov...
