Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball
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No owner has changed the landscape of sports more than New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. From the moment he bought the team in 1973 for $10 million, his monomaniacal pursuit was to restore the most fabled franchise in baseball history to its former glory. Today, the New York Yankees are worth more than $1 billion and are once again world champions.Steinbrenner's nearly forty-year reign has included epic battles with Billy Martin, Reggie Jackson, Dave Winfield, even beloved Yankee captain Derek Jeter. His ruthless and free-spending tactics made him a lightning rod for controversy but they also paid off: Steinbrenner's Yankees have won seven championships and remain the gold standard in all sports. The New York Times - Michael Shapiro …riveting…Reading the book feels like the literary equivalent of passing a traffic accident; it is all but impossible to turn away.
Introduction ix1 The Coming Storm 12 Cleveland 363 "Lead, Follow, or Get the Hell Out of the Way" 804 Watergate and Catfish 1055 Three for the Tabloids 1446 Turmoil and Triumph 1877 Days of Whine and Rosen 2268 From Here to Eternity 2659 Howser and Horses 30110 Passages 33111 Chaos: Reggie's Revenge, Umpire Wars and Pine Tar Follies 37112 An Icon Scorned 41513 A "Favorite Son" Exiled 44514 Tale of the Tapes 49515 Banished! 53716 The Comeback 56017 The Buck Stops Here 60218 Torre Glory 63919 Billionaire George 67720 The Lion in Winter 710Notes and Acknowledgments 755Bibliography 761
