‘Who but the master of the baseball biography, Golenbock, could finally get the fix on Steinbrenner, the most curious, fearsome, pathetic, seminal figure in the pastime's modern history. You'll hate and love George all over again in this fast-moving pageant of tales you never heard and old ones told truthfully. --Robert Lipsyte, author of Heroes of Baseball No one is better equipped to delve into George Steinbrenner's improbable, outsized life than Peter Golenbock, the undisputed king of baseball books. His latest is compulsively readable and chock full of revealing anecdotes that are sure to make headlines. A fascinating account of a complex man who is both infuriating bully and beloved icon. --Jane Heller, author of Confessions of a She-Fan: The Course of True Love with the New York Yankees Loathe him or hate him, he's the most famous owner inthe history of professional baseball, the one and only Boss. Now, finally, from a writer who knows the Yankees inside-out, is a complete, rip-roaring portrait of the man behind the turtlenecks, tantrums, sky-scraping payroll and championship rings. --Jonathan Mahler, author of The Bronx is Burning For thirty-four years George Stenbrenner commanded headlines in the national press. He berated his players, tortured his managers and employees, and during that time won ten pennants and six World Series, but also made his Yankees into the most glamorous sports franchise in all of sports. How he did it is an amazing tale of money and power. Twice he could have gone to jail. Today his Yankees, which he bought from CBS in1973 for $10 million, are worth more than a billion dollars. Based on extensive interviews with those who have known Steinbrenner throughout his life, Golenbock begins with his childhood and his critical relationship with his father, his education at Culver Military Academy and Williams College and the lessons he learned there. Then come his years during the Korean War in an cushy military post; his early years in Cleveland and his first ownership of a sports team, The Cleveland Pipers, offer insight into how he would operate as the owner of the Yankees. Golenbock relates how Steinbrenner bought the Yankees and his banishment for life from baseball (but rescinded) for his illegal contributions to Nixon's re-election fund. Highlights include his volatile relationships with players and managers, especially with Billy Martin andDave Winfield (his feuding with him led to a second suspension from major league baseball). Then come the glory years beginning in the latter part of the 1990s, the creation of the YES Network, the firing of Joe Torre, and the continuing growth of the most valuable franchise sports.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-60204-1
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 384
- Fecha Publicación: 10/02/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés