Tom Gamboa: My Life in Baseball

Tom Gamboa played baseball professionally, coached, scouted, managed in the minors and in Puerto Rico and coached in the big leagues with the Cubs and Royals. As a national crosschecker, he scoured the country for talent. He discovered Jesse Orosco and helped develop Doug Glanville and Jose Hernandez in Puerto Rico and in the Cubs organization. Before Jim “The Rookie” Morris made it to the majors, Gamboa coached him on a title team in the Brewers organization. When Sammy Sosa promised him a fist-bump for each home run Sosa hit, Gamboa didn’t suspect he was due 60 fist-bumps over each of the next two seasons. With humorous insight, Gamboa takes his readers inside the dugouts and clubhouses for an insider’s view of the workings of a baseball team.