Edition |
First Edition. |
Description |
342 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, photographs ; 24 cm |
Summary |
A candid, revealing, and entertaining memoir by baseball legend Lou Piniella, detailing his nearly fifty years in the game, playing with and managing some of the biggest names in Major League Baseball. |
Contents |
Glory in the sun -- The Tampa red-ass -- Have bat, will travel -- Pinstripes -- Death of a captain and a dynasty detoured -- Managing for the man -- Bye-bye, boss -- Red October -- Nasty doings and doggie poop -- Saving in Seattle -- Don't like good-byes -- Rising sun, setting sun -- Out at home -- Billy goats to Bartman to chance -- Alex heartbreak, Bradley madness, and Windy City farewell -- Lou-pinions. |
Subject |
Piniella, Lou, 1943-
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New York Yankees (Baseball team)
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Subject(S) |
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
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Baseball managers -- United States -- Biography.
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Autobiographies.
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Added Name(S) |
Madden, Bill, author.
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Added Title |
Fifty years of kicking dirt, playing hard, and winning big in the sweet spot of baseball |
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50 years of kicking dirt, playing hard, and winning big in the sweet spot of baseball |
ISBN |
9780062660794 (hardcover) |
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0062660799 (hardcover) |
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