Lou, Lou Piniella
Lou, Lou Piniella
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Lou
Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard, and Winning Big in the Sweet Spot of Baseball

Author: Lou Piniella, Bill Madden

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 10 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/16/2017


Synopsis

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 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.

About Lou Piniella

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.

About Bill Madden

Bill Madden has covered the Yankees and Major League Baseball for the New York Daily News for more than forty years. In 2010, Madden was the recipient of the Baseball Hall of Fame’s  J. G. Taylor Spink Award. He has written several books about baseball, including the New York Times bestseller Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tim on October 27, 2018

This may have been about the fastest I have ever read a book. I could not put it down as I loved reading about the progression of Lou Pinella's life in MLB as a player, coach, Manager, General Manager,broadcaster, and finally advisor. He has so many great stories to tell, especially being a part of......more

Goodreads review by Carrie on December 14, 2017

Disappointingly bland, especially coming from someone known for spectacular outbursts. He hits all the main points of his career, but every time he comes up against something controversial, it's quickly acknowledged, and then immediately followed up with "but they're a great guy and I really respect......more

Goodreads review by Mark on January 25, 2019

Lou Piniella spent fifty years in Major League Baseball: sixteen as a player, and many more as a coach and manager. To say that Piniella has seen a lot of baseball would be a colossal understatement. His book reviews his career from his days as a youth baseball player in Tampa through the end of his......more

Goodreads review by Dave on July 25, 2017

A good book about one of the favorites of mine. Recounts his playing career, and career as a manager it spans over 50 yrs of his life. Baseball fans of the 1970's through the 2000's will enjoy the stories and the event that this book chronicles.......more

Goodreads review by Chris on June 25, 2017

Perfunctory. If I had to describe this book in one word - that's the one. Perfunctory. Piniella covers all the points you'd expect: his days as a player with the Bronx Zoo Yankees, his dealings with Steinbrenner, his championship victory as Reds manager, that time he threw a base, the fight with Rob......more