Lefty O'Doul by Michael Ceraolo

The Pride  of San Francisco
California c. 1948. A portrait of former major league baseball player and manager of the San Francisco Seals baseball team in the Pacific Coast League, Lefty O'Doul

Lefty O'Doul


I was the first American enshrined in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
for the many tours we made in the country, for providing instruction as well as entertainment, for assisting the start of professional baseball there, and I'm proud to be so honored

As for the American Hall,
most of the blame for why I'm not in can be placed on my stubbornness First Miller Huggins, and then Frank Chance, wanted me to give up pitching and play the outfield full-time, but I refused, which cost me several years

Most of the blame, but not all of it; some of it falls on a few of the managers I played for, who provided me with good examples of what not to do when I later became manager of the Seals:

Vitt in the minors (I could understand why his Cleveland players later revolted),

McCarthy in the majors who cost me two more years,
and even McGraw, who wouldn't play me against left-handers

My record after McGraw traded me speaks for itself,
and I hope for it to be recognized eventually

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