Literary birthday greetings: Smokey

December 1, 2010

Walter Alston was born this date in 1911. He struck out in his only at bat: Sept. 27, 1936 as member of the St. Louis Cardinals against the Chicago Cubs. But he more than made up for that as a Hall of Fame manager for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers.

Alston was inducted into the Hall by the Veterans Committee in 1983, a year before he died.

Alston penned a few books in his day, including:

Alston also worked on an instructional,The Complete Baseball Handbook: Strategies and Techniques for Winning (1972).

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