Lou: Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard, and Winning Big in the Sweet Spot of Baseball
Autor Lou Piniella, Bill Maddenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 mai 2017
For nearly five decades, Lou Piniella has been a fixture in Major League Baseball, as an outfielder with the legendary New York Yankees of the 1970s, and as a manager for five teams in both the American and National leagues. With respected veteran sportswriter Bill Madden, Piniella now reflects on his storied career, offering fans a glimpse of life on the field, in the dugout, and inside the clubhouse.
Piniella speaks from the heart about his teams and his players, offering a detailed, up-close portrait of the Bronx Zoo’s raucous personalities such as Reggie Jackson and Catfish Hunter, as well as his close friendship with Thurman Munson and his unusual relationship with George Steinbrenner. He also delves deep into his post-Yankee experiences, from winning a World Series for the controversial owner of the Cincinnati Reds, Marge Schott, to transforming the perennial cellar-dwelling Seattle Mariners into one of the league’s best teams. Some of the game’s brightest stars are here: Ken Griffey Jr, Randy Johnson, and Alex Rodriguez, Piniella’s supremely talented and controversial protégé.
Throughout his time in the majors, Piniella has witnessed MLB grow into a multi-billion-dollar business. Piniella reflects on those changes, voicing his highly critical opinions on a range of controversial subjects, including steroids. Hilarious and uproarious, filled with eight pages of photos, Lou brings into focus a man whose deeply rooted passion for baseball has defined his life.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780062670960
ISBN-10: 0062670964
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:Text mare
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperLargePrint
ISBN-10: 0062670964
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:Text mare
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperLargePrint
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For over fifty years, Lou Piniella has been in Major League Base-ball, first as a player and later as a manager for the Yankees, the Reds, the Mariners, the Rays, and the Cubs. In this raucous memoir, Piniella opens up about his lifetime in the game, telling stories about wins, losses, and getting in umpires’ faces. Tracing his career, he discusses the wild years of the Bronx Zoo, a time when personalities like George Steinbrenner, Reggie Jackson, and Billy Martin made the Yankee locker room the most controversial place in baseball.
But New York was just the start. From winning a World Series with the Reds, to transforming the Mariners into a winning team, he recalls his experiences with some of the brightest stars of the modern era, including Ken Griffey, Jr.; Randy Johnson; and Alex Rodriguez. Whether facing the dif-ficulties of managing in Tampa Bay or taking the Cubs to back-to-back division championships, Piniella shares stories about a huge cast of Hall of Fame characters, bringing his un-forgettable voice to a roller-coaster ride of a career.
But New York was just the start. From winning a World Series with the Reds, to transforming the Mariners into a winning team, he recalls his experiences with some of the brightest stars of the modern era, including Ken Griffey, Jr.; Randy Johnson; and Alex Rodriguez. Whether facing the dif-ficulties of managing in Tampa Bay or taking the Cubs to back-to-back division championships, Piniella shares stories about a huge cast of Hall of Fame characters, bringing his un-forgettable voice to a roller-coaster ride of a career.
Recenzii
“Now Piniella is telling his life story with Bill Madden, who told the story of Lou’s first ‘Boss’ so perfectly in Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball. It’s a Hall of Fame book about a baseball life, nicely framing four great decades of the national pastime.” — Dan Shaughnessy, writer for the Boston Globe, coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Francona, and winner of the 2016 J. G. Taylor Spink Award
“Lou Piniella was one of the smartest and gutsiest managers I’ve ever known, and I watched him close up with four different teams. He was also one of the funniest, and this book combines both.” — Bill Parcells
“There are not many who have led a baseball life—as both a player and a manager—as eventful as Lou Piniella’s, and together with Bill Madden, Lou has covered every bit of it here.... It’s all here, a sweet baseball life as told to a Hall of Fame baseball writer.” — Bob Costas
“Lou Piniella was one of the smartest and gutsiest managers I’ve ever known, and I watched him close up with four different teams. He was also one of the funniest, and this book combines both.” — Bill Parcells
“There are not many who have led a baseball life—as both a player and a manager—as eventful as Lou Piniella’s, and together with Bill Madden, Lou has covered every bit of it here.... It’s all here, a sweet baseball life as told to a Hall of Fame baseball writer.” — Bob Costas
Notă biografică
Lou Piniella has been a part of Major League Baseball for over fifty years. In that time, he played for the Orioles, the Indians, the Royals, and the Yankees, and managed for the Yankees, the Reds, the Mariners, the Rays, and the Cubs. He is fourteenth on the list of all-time MLB managerial wins. He is currently a senior advisor to the Cincinnati Reds organization. He lives in Tampa, Florida.