1996, ISBN: 0553106589

Maybe the good Lord was just waiting for me to put on the pinstripes."When Joe Torre was fired as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1995, he thought his career in baseball was over. A… Mehr…

Maybe the good Lord was just waiting for me to put on the pinstripes."When Joe Torre was fired as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1995, he thought his career in baseball was over. After more than three decades and4,200 games as a player and manager, one thing had always eluded him--winning a World Series.  He had all but given up his dream when the New York Yankees made him an offer to manage their 1996 club.  Encouraged by his wife and others, he accepted, and so began one of the greatest seasons in the fabled history of the New York Yankee franchise and one of the most inspiring, heartwarming stories in all ofbaseball.  Here is the ultimate insider's record of that unforgettable season by the man whose personal struggles captured the hearts and imaginations of fanseverywhere. Tough, gritty, but always fair and honest, Torre vividly reveals how he turned a potentially volatile mix of talented youngsters such as AndyPettitte and Derek Jeter, seasoned veterans like Wade Boggs and Paul O'Neill, and so-called "problem" players like Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden into a cohesive unit that cared more about winning than personal egos.  He explains how he played his hunches and earned his team's confidence and respect as hefocused his players from spring training on toward one goal: the World Series. And he did it all in a pressure-filled sports city that expects nothing lessthan a champion.But how he did it is only baseball,biographies,biographies,coaching,memoirs,sports and outdoors,sports and recreation Baseball, Random House Publishing Group<

1997, ISBN: 0553106589

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[EAN: 9780553106589], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Bantam], BIOGRAPHY, Jacket, When Joe Torre was fired as manager of the Cardinals in 1995, he thought his career in baseball was over. After more than three decades and 4,200 games as a player and manager-one goal had always eluded Torre-getting to the World Series. Then the Yankees offered him the job as manager for their 1996 club. He is the inside record of that unforgettable season by the man who has captured America's heart. In 2014 Joe Torre was finally inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame, his combination as a manger and player are almost unmatched. Both the non price clipped Dust jacket and the book are in very good condition. I have around 80 books on Yankee teams and players plus hundreds of baseball biographies in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order., Books<

1997, ISBN: 9780553106589

Hardcover book. 288 pages. Published by Random House Publishing Group (1997) Media >, [PU: Bantam Books]