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Lou : Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard, and Winning Big in the Sweet Spot of Baseball by Lou Piniella with Bill Madden is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Lou : Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard, and Winning Big in the Sweet Spot of Baseball about?
In this candid, revealing, and entertaining memoir, the beloved New York Yankee legend looks back over his nearly fifty-year career as a player and a manager, sharing insights and stories about some of his most memorable moments and some of the biggest names in Major League Baseball. 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
Who reads Lou : Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard, and Winning Big in the Sweet Spot of Baseball?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Lou Piniella with Bill Madden
- Publisher
- Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780062670960
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Sports, Anthropology, History
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (43 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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