Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: James G. "Lou" Gorman (born February 18, 1929) is an American baseball executive, and the former general manager of the Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball. Currently, he serves as the Red Sox' executive consultant for public affairs with an emphasis on community projects. He also is the coordinator of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, to which he was inducted in 2002. He was inducted in the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985. A native of South Providence, Rhode Island, Gorman grew up a Red Sox fan. At the high school level, he was an excellent athlete, but was cut from the minors. His Baseball Reference player page records that Gorman played in 16 games for the 1948 Providence Grays of the Class B New England League, compiling a batting average of .036. After his professional playing career stalled, Gorman enrolled in Stonehill College for his bachelor's degree and Bridgewater State College for his master's. Then he joined the United States Navy and served more than eight years in the armed forces, including two tours in Korea. Gorman resumed his baseball career in 1961 with the San Francisco Giants as general manager of one of their farm teams, before joining the Baltimore Orioles organization in 1964 as assistant farm director. He was promoted to director of player development in 1966, when the Orioles won their first World Series championship. In 1968, Gorman became the first farm system director in the history of the Kansas City Royals, where he eventually also assumed control of the team's scouting department. For his efforts, he was promoted to vice president in 1973 and assistant general manager in 1976. But he soon departed for a new expansion team when he was appointed the first-ever general ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3782900We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Kansas City Royals Executives: Lou Gorman. To get started finding Kansas City Royals Executives: Lou Gorman, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: James G. "Lou" Gorman (born February 18, 1929) is an American baseball executive, and the former general manager of the Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball. Currently, he serves as the Red Sox' executive consultant for public affairs with an emphasis on community projects. He also is the coordinator of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, to which he was inducted in 2002. He was inducted in the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985. A native of South Providence, Rhode Island, Gorman grew up a Red Sox fan. At the high school level, he was an excellent athlete, but was cut from the minors. His Baseball Reference player page records that Gorman played in 16 games for the 1948 Providence Grays of the Class B New England League, compiling a batting average of .036. After his professional playing career stalled, Gorman enrolled in Stonehill College for his bachelor's degree and Bridgewater State College for his master's. Then he joined the United States Navy and served more than eight years in the armed forces, including two tours in Korea. Gorman resumed his baseball career in 1961 with the San Francisco Giants as general manager of one of their farm teams, before joining the Baltimore Orioles organization in 1964 as assistant farm director. He was promoted to director of player development in 1966, when the Orioles won their first World Series championship. In 1968, Gorman became the first farm system director in the history of the Kansas City Royals, where he eventually also assumed control of the team's scouting department. For his efforts, he was promoted to vice president in 1973 and assistant general manager in 1976. But he soon departed for a new expansion team when he was appointed the first-ever general ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3782900We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Kansas City Royals Executives: Lou Gorman. To get started finding Kansas City Royals Executives: Lou Gorman, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.