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Alexander (Al) Campanis was born in 1916 on the Isle of Cos, off the coast of Greece. The Director of Scouting for the Los Angeles Dodgers has distinguished himself as a player, manager, scout, and author. In addition, he is the Dodgers' Latin-American baseball ambassador, his contacts with Winter Baseball league enables the Dodgers to send many of their players to teams in the Caribbean, Central and South America during the off-season. Campanis authored one of the game's most extensive and widely used books of instruction, "The Dodgers Way to Play Baseball," which has been printed in English, Spanish and Japanese. Photograph of Al Campanis, Director of Scouting for the Los Angeles Dodgers posing on the famous, yet empty, baseball field. Photograph dated June 12, 1963.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Campanis, Al Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team) Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.) Baseball scouts--California--Los Angeles Baseball fields--California--Los Angeles Baseball--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Stadiums--California--Los Angeles Baseball--California--Los Angeles--Management Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs
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