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Girardi: Passion in Pinstripes
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Artikel-Nr:
9781600785825
Veröffentl:
2012
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.04.2012
Seiten:
256
Autor:
Kevin Kernan
Gewicht:
422 g
Format:
221x148x24 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Kevin Kernan is an award-winning sports columnist for the New York Post who has covered the New York Yankees since 1999. He is the author of numerous baseball-related books, including Amazing!, and the coauthor of I'm Just Getting Started. He lives in Pequannock, New Jersey.
"Drawn from more than 60 interviews and hours of face time, this authorized biography offers an unprecedented inside-the-dugout look at the manager who guided the New York Yankees to their 27th world championship. Beginning with his childhood in the baseball mecca of Chicago, this book traces Joe Girardi's rise from a catcher at Northwestern University to his time in the minors, his 15 years in the majors, and his successful career as a manager. As much a character portrait of the man as a chronicle of his achievements, this study reveals the amalgam of influences--the relentless work ethic learned from his father combined with the systematic mind of an engineer, the baseball know-how instilled by the likes of Don Zimmer and Joe Torre, and the heart of his tenacious mother--that combined to propel Girardi to his current stature"