Literary birthday greetings: Red

February 2, 2011

Schoendeinst, that is. Another one of those baseball lifers, he turns 88 today.

The Man Who Fought Back: Red Schoendienst was published in 1962, three years after he recovered from tuberculosis. Almost 40 years later, he released Red: A Baseball Life.

Schoendienst, who managed the St. Louis Cardinals from 1965-76 (back-to-back pennants in 1967-68 and the World Series in ’67) and for partial seasons in 1980 and 1990, was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1989.

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