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If there ever was a control freak in the world the baseball, George Steinbrenner fit the bill in spades. And anyone reading this book would have to ask themselves, "Did the man have a personality disorder?" Why was he so mad and controlling all the time? It seems every verbal rant of George's ends with an exclamation point. If he wrote e-mails, then surely they'd all be in CAPS.

Even though I'm no baseball fanatic, and actually have hated the Yankees my whole life even though I'm a Bronx native, I picked up this book for the colorful cast of characters and for the stories that are now legend. The most fun are the historic clashes: The Fat Man versus: Billy Martin (fired FIVE times), Lou Piniella, Yogi Berra, Reggie Jackson and Dave Winfield. I wasn't looking for any replay of the various World Series hits or misses, and, happily, this book doesn't concentrate on that either.

This offers a balanced view of George while at the same time showing the world what it was like to work for the man. Condolences to all that did!

Siouxie
The Bronx

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Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball Overview

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 million, Steinbrenner's 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 billion and are once again world champions.

Award-winning sportswriter Bill Madden traces Steinbrenner from his early days in Cleveland through his years as a shipping magnate, a Nixon fund-raiser, and a champion horse breeder to the fateful moment when he bought the Yankees, even though his father disparaged George's desire to own a professional sports team as a "hobby." Over the next four decades, Steinbrenner's tumultuous reign included his 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. In the last few years, with his health declining, the Boss ceded control of the team to his sons, but not before lording over the team's historic transition from the House That Ruth Built to the House That George Built.

Throughout his three decades of covering the Yankees, Bill Madden has cultivated hundreds of sources at every level in the organization, from the many managers and front-office personnel Steinbrenner has fired to the bat boys who are ever present in the locker room. All of them have colorful stories about the man with whom they have enjoyed a love-hate relationship, but it is the Boss himself whose voice rises above the rest. And when Steinbrenner decided to give his final print interview, he spoke to Madden to set the record straight on his extraordinary life and career.

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Customer Reviews

Steinbrenner - a must read! - David D. Molica - Rochester, NY
I recommend this book to all Yankee fans, but especially to the older readers who remember when "George" originally purchased the Yankees from CBS in 1973. This book will give you the behind the scenes view of what was going on that didn't make it into the newspapers.

There were two great things about this book, first was the story itself, all 400+ pages of it; and second was the way Bill Madden (author) came across - I could not put the book down!

The Boss - Yankee Fan -
Another great read from Madden. Love him or hate him, George Steinbrenner changed baseball. Took a 8.5 million investment and turned it into 1.5 billion.

The players in all of baseball owe THE BOSS their gratitude.

Laugh out loud funny - Philip Nisbet -
Many times during reading this book I found myself laughing out loud at the outrageous child-like behavior of Steinbrenner and the people and players who worked for him. Like the time when Steinbrenner cursed out his manager for losing a coin flip, stating that the side of the coin he didn't pick always wins 70% of the time!? In particular the coverage of the Billy Martin era is fantastic and really gives you a feel for how different the Yankees were back then from today's winners. Bill Madden brings out the conflicting nature of Steinbrenner, who was frequently cruel and heartless, but often exceptionally kind in secret. From a business and financial standpoint, however, the empire Steinbrenner built is Buffett-like impressive. He used 4,000 of his own funds to secure the .5 million purchase price in the 1970s and now the team and its various media properties are worth over billion. For that reason alone, students of business and leadership should enjoy reading this book.

Great way to remember an icon - Kathleen Gallagher -
I only knew George Steinbrenner as the press wrote about him. As a Yankee fan, I read about his temper and his firings. When he died, after hearing about what a giving man he was, I decided that I wanted to know more. This book does not disappoint. It is written by a New York sports writer who was there from the beginning. Madden doesn't sugarcoat Steinbrenner's short fuse and his, sometimes, uncalled for firings. I recommend this to anyone who is curious as to what made Steinbrenner the way he was. I also think that all Yankee fans who were too young to really know how he was should read this book.

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