Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodgers All-Star
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (922 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786447095 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 210 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Life Well Told Marcella Jenkins Good biographies are all alike; they clarify the worthiness of their subject, the special details and circumstances that resulted in "greatness," and they reveal the human, flawed aspects of the life. Ted Reed, a veteran journalist who has worked for the Sacramento Bee, the Miami Herald, and is currently a reporter with TheStreet.com, has written a life of Carl Furillo that makes a compelling case for his inclusion in Baseball's Hall of Fame. He chronicles Furillo's contributions as a right-fielder with a powerful arm, a clutch hitter who came through for the Brooklyn Dodgers on many occasions, and a dedicated,. "Love the book, hate the title" according to Don Slinkard. If you are a Brooklyn Dodger fan and Carl Furillo admirer, get this book. Do not be turned off by the wimpy title. Tragic is a fair description of what happened to Furillo, a mainstay of the Dodgers' glory years in Brooklyn. He often clashed with management over his salary. At its peak, he made $Love the book, hate the title If you are a Brooklyn Dodger fan and Carl Furillo admirer, get this book. Do not be turned off by the wimpy title. Tragic is a fair description of what happened to Furillo, a mainstay of the Dodgers' glory years in Brooklyn. He often clashed with management over his salary. At its peak, he made $33,000. He was a lifetime .299 hitter with a rifle arm. After 15 years, he was suddenly released in an ugly separation that neither he or the Dodgers handled well. Unable to find work as player, coach or scout, Furillo sued. He claimed he was blacklisted. The baseball establishment denied it. Reed's exhaustive research . Love the book, hate the title If you are a Brooklyn Dodger fan and Carl Furillo admirer, get this book. Do not be turned off by the wimpy title. Tragic is a fair description of what happened to Furillo, a mainstay of the Dodgers' glory years in Brooklyn. He often clashed with management over his salary. At its peak, he made $33,000. He was a lifetime .299 hitter with a rifle arm. After 15 years, he was suddenly released in an ugly separation that neither he or the Dodgers handled well. Unable to find work as player, coach or scout, Furillo sued. He claimed he was blacklisted. The baseball establishment denied it. Reed's exhaustive research . ,000. He was a lifetime .299 hitter with a rifle arm. After 15 years, he was suddenly released in an ugly separation that neither he or the Dodgers handled well. Unable to find work as player, coach or scout, Furillo sued. He claimed he was blacklisted. The baseball establishment denied it. Reed's exhaustive research . Bill Emblom said The Reading Rifle Finally Gets His Due. Although this is one of those overpriced baseball biographies that appear on Amazon I bought it because I have often wondered why a book has never been written on The Reading Rifle, Carl Furillo. So many biographies of other members of those fabled Brooklyn Dodgers' teams of the 1950s have been written, but Furillo has been virtually ignored.I agree with a previous reviewer that the cover showing home plate with the words "Brooklyn Dodgers All-Star" appear to be quite juvenile. The book itself contains 181 pages of text, but I did find quite a bit dealing with Furillo's suit against the Dodgers after leaving th
The more significant 'rap' against Furillo concerns his 1960 departure from the Dodgers. The author has given him the voice and the venue he never had when he was alive." --Judith Testa, author of Sal Maglie, Baseball's Demon Barber"Reed is at his best in analyzing and clarifying the two specific incidents that diminished Furillo's image when his playing days ended. . The roles of Marvin Miller, Andy Messersmith, Dave McNally, and Curt Flood have been well covered in the literature of baseballs labor-management relations. "This book needed to be written and Ted Reed has done his homework" --Carl Erskine, Brooklyn Dodgers"This book offers something unique, something that even the most p
History has remembered Carl Furillo as an opponent of Jackie Robinson becoming a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, despite that being untrue. This biography sets the record straight, while also detailing Furillo's contributions as a clutch hitter and an outstanding right fielder, his angry departure from the team, his hearing before the commissioner of baseball, and his life after the sport.
He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ted Reed is a transportation reporter for TheStreet.He was formerly a Miami Herald business reporter.