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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 protege.

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.

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Johnny Heller is the narrator of Lou audiobook that was written by 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.

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Lou Piniella is the author of Lou

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Lou Full Details

Narrator Johnny Heller
Length 10 hours 4 minutes
Author Lou Piniella
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date May 16, 2017
ISBN 9780062674838

Subjects

The publisher of the Lou is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Baseball, General, Sports & Recreation

Additional info

The publisher of the Lou is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062674838.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Tim

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 the Yankees during the Stienbrenner years along with all the happenings that came with that. So many great stories, many funny, many interesting, some sad, and some just plain unbelievable. I loved how Lou was so honest and open and how he gave ample time to putting quotes in from other players who were connected to him, telling their side about Lou and a particular incident. Here is a snipet from when Lou became manager of the Yankees in 1986. " I was in a bad mood to begin with and looking to take my frustrations out on somebody when I remembered something that Mr. Steinbrenner had told me when he hired me as manager: " Remember baseball is entertainment, and if you get kicked out of a game, put on a nice show!" I knew he'd be watching the game, and when a close call at first base went against us in the 6th inning, I charged out of the dugout, hollering and kicking dirt and quickly getting ejected, at which point I then flung my hat to the ground and began kicking it as well. As my tirade continued , our bat boy picked up my cap, which was one of my props, and handed it to me. "Put that cap down!" I screamed at him. "You're ruining my show!" Terrified, he dropped the cap and scampered back to the dugout. After the game, which we lost, 6-5, in 10 innings, I happened to mention that it was Anita's birthday(Lou's wife) and when the writers got back upstairs to the press box, they called her to ask if she'd seen my performance on national TV. "All I can say," she said, sighing, "Is that I'm forty-three years old today and I feel like I'm married to a four-year old." His insight into Billy Martin, the Boss, Marge Schott, Alex Rodriquez, Ken Griffey jr., Bobby Murcer, Thurman Munson, Earl Weaver, etc, is all a treat. As a huge Baseball fan and a Cincinnati Reds fan I love what Mr. Pinella has done and is doing for Baseball. I will never forget the 1990 year with the Reds. I knew when he was hired that good things will happen, and it did very quickly. Thank you Lou! I loved how Mr. Pinella finished up his book. ".. And while I would be honored to someday join so many of my contemporaries in Cooperstown, I am comforted by the fact that in my family's eyes, I am already in the Hall of Fame as a husband, father, and grandfather. I also realize that, approaching my midseventies, I am in the ninth inning of life, winning the game because of my faith- and that is the greatest comfort of all to me."

Marty

August 02, 2021

Lou Piniella's autobiography "Lou: Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard, and Winning Big in the Sweet Spot of Baseball" chronicles his career in baseball. He writes about his playing career, managerial jobs and his time in the front office of the Yankees. He played for the Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees. The majority of his career as a player was with the Yankees.Lou Piniella is someone who is dedicated to his family and has been a true friend to many people. He is a person of strong character who has respected the owners, managers, coaches and players he has worked with. He is well respected in the game of baseball.The book contains information about his time with the Yankees as a player, manager and general manager. It was interesting to read about what was going on with the Yankees during those years. Piniella and Bill Madden, who asssited Piniella with the book, did a good job of writing about the ups and downs that the Yankees had from 1974 to 1984, the years that Piniella was there as a player. It was also interesting to read about his time as a hitting coach. Don Mattingly was one of the players who he helped to become a good hitter.It was interesting to read about the championship years for the Yankees in 1977 and 1978. It was also interesting to read about the 1976 season in which the Yankees made it to the World Series, but lost to the Cincinnati Reds. Piniella’s tenure with the Cincinnati Reds as manager was also successful. He managed in Cincinnati for three seasons. In 1991, the Reds won the World Series.After he left Cincinnati, he went to Seattle to manage the Mariners. This was a difficult challenge for him. The Mariners were not a good baseball team. However, he helped them to improve. Eventually, the Mariners won 116 games. Ironically, the Mariners lost to the Yankees in the post season that year. They lost because the Yankees had better pitching than the Mariners.He also managed the Tampa Bay Rays and the Chicago Cubs. In each job, he faced challenges and he did his best to make each team better.Piniella also includes a list of his all time teammates; all time opponents; all time managed team; and other lists as well.I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in baseball.

Tom

June 27, 2017

I appreciate that Lou doesn't mind telling who he dislikes in baseball. You get the impression the list is shorter now than it would have been 10 or 15 years ago. He even tells you about fights that have since healed. He chronicles his sporting life from minor league days in the 1960s through his playing and managing days with a synopsis of moments and anecdotes throughout. He and Bill Madden also interviewed others for the recollections of those moments and those quotes are sprinkled about here and there. It's not a classic like Durocher's Nice Guys Finish Last or Whitey Herzog's You're Missing a Great Game, but it's solid throughout and I spent the better part of a Sunday starting and finishing it. Those books were part memoir and part baseball strategy. Lou does mostly memoir here except for the chapter near the end where he shares opinions on the game. I read Lou's first book when I was a kid in the 1980s. It was mostly about his playing career. The one thing that stuck with me is what good friends he was with Thurman Munson and Bobby Murcer. Growing up watching the Yankees I always assumed they were all great pals. I didn't know that baseball had it cliques and personalities and head cases. Now I'm surprised to hear that any GM is on good terms with his field manager. There is a great section about his time in Cincinnati working for Marge Schott. She was like no baseball owner I have ever heard chronicled. She didn't interfere like George and neither did she spend any money to win, but she was an eccentric. She was so cheap she served vodka that tasted something like paint thinner so when Lou brought a bottle of Absolute she wanted to save it for a special occasion. Those Cincy teams had some fun players. Eric Davis, Barry Larken, and Chris Sabo would have been interesting enough but then you also have the Nasty Boys bullpen characters. The Seattle portion wasn't quite as interesting for me despite the great players he had there. I just hated that 1995 team that beat the Yankees in the playoffs and kept Don Mattingly out of the World Series. Still you get his take on Junior, Arod, Big Unit, Edgar, Buhner etc. The book finishes with his time in Tampa and Chicago followed by his musings and opinions on the game. It was an altogether enjoyable book that is worth reading if you are fans of any of his teams.

R

August 16, 2020

Lou's MLB career started in with the doomed but lovable Seattle Pilots. He was traded before playing in a single game, a major blunder that foreshadowed the inept Mariners organization a decade later.Then Lou returned as the Mariners' manager in the 90's and the organization became a winner. Having Ken Griffey Jr, Randy Johnson, Edgar Martinez, Jay Buhner, etc. obviously didn't hurt, but let's be honest ... Lou was the catalyst.After Lou left a decade later, it's been almost 20 years since the Mariners made the playoffs, despite having sizable payrolls.Lou's always been a rebel ... and a winner. A fun read for baseball fans.

Lisa

July 05, 2020

Lou deserves to be in the HOFLou and Bill did a great job this book is very detailed. I was at his last game as a player the Yankees gave out these cool white sweet Lou tee shirts. I was a kid. My family loved his blue collar work ethic and Lou could hit. I wish the Boss kept him as the manager and did not let him go. I loved his ability as a leader to get the best out of his players. Rookie of the Year, 3 rings and 3 manager of the year, what are the writers waiting for ? Growing up I loved Bill Maddens articles in the News. He was a great baseball guy and always was fair to the players. I read all his books. This is a great read

Nick

April 02, 2018

I really enjoyed this auto-biography of Lou Piniella. Lou tells the story of his life in baseball and it does not disappoint. We see a side of Lou that you wouldn't have guessed he had if you only watched him on TV. I've been a die-hard Cubs fan for as long as I can remember, but any fan of baseball history should read Lou's book. He's been in the game for 50 years and has won three world series! As Lou once said of a opponent that was chiding him, "I've forgotten more about baseball than he knows!"

Bryan

December 04, 2017

Excellent book written by one the hardest playing Yankee outfielders of all time. I feel Lou does a great job of capturing his career in a little over 300 pages. It was great to read about how he helped so many players grow in their careers and his endless battles with George Steinbrenner. All in all it shows how hard Lou Piniella worked to get to where he got to in his career as a player and a manager.

Frank

August 03, 2017

Great read. Interesting read for any baseball fan, especially Yankees fans but also the other teams he managed. Great stories of his early life, the minors, and his interactions with many players and coaches. Interesting back stories and unknown quirks of Marge Schott, George Steinbrenner, the night before Thurman Munson's death, etc.funny, heartbreaking, etc.

Chaim Wachtel

November 25, 2020

Good look back at Sweet LouA typical all players autobiography... an enjoyable one as Sweet Lous career starts in KC in the late 60’s and ends in Chicago more than 40 years later... as a Yankee fan who grew up I the 80’s it was a pleasure reading about Lou’s time in pinstripes...

Vinny

April 01, 2022

Been watching Lou since he started playing for the Yankees. One of my all time favorite ball players and managers. To hear the other side of what really happened on different events was very interesting. Always loved his desire to win. There was nobody else you wanted up in the 9th with the game on the line!

Ben Williams

October 30, 2017

Brought back a lot of memories...As a lifelong baseball fan, I enjoyed watching Lou play as a Royal and even as a dreaded New York Yankee. This book highlights a very long MLB career as an All-Star player and as a manager who won over 1500 games. Very good read.

Brian

March 29, 2020

I always enjoy books with a behind-the-scenes look at MLB, and that's what this book provided. Piniella's stories were interesting and provided, among other things, an insider's look at life with George Steinbrenner and the Yankees.

Rick

December 30, 2017

Very candid autobiography from Sweet Lou. Gives details of his career as well as his thoughts on the game today.

Jesse

March 18, 2018

This is a fun book for any baseball fan, especially of the 70s-80s era. Lots of stories and anecdotes.

Jim

May 17, 2018

I admired Lou as a Yankee player, coach and manager. Interesting that George Steinbrenner was an integral part of his life. Interesting bio, enjoy!

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