Reggie Author:Reggie Jackson There's never been a ballplayer--or a personality--like him. He has grown up in a broken home, played college football for the toughest coach alive, battled anti-black sentiment in the Deep South, become a nationwide media celebrity, and been loved, hated, feared and respected--often all at the same time--by players, owners, writers, and fans th... more »roughout the sporting world.
"Reggie" takes you on and off the field with all the great baseball personalities of our time: Charlie O. Finley, the notorious parsimonious owner of the world-beating A's; Billy Martin, the fiery (and thrice fired) Yankee manager; Graig Nettles, the third baseman par excellence who was always quick with a witty--or cutting--remark; the inimitable George Steinbrenner, the big-buck Yankee owner who took Reggie under his wing, but wouldn't keep him there; Bando and Blue, Guidry and Gossage, Lyle, Munson, Weaver, Winfield, and more.« less