House of Nails
A Memoir of Life on the Edge
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Lenny Dykstra
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"Tough, straight, upsetting, and strangely beautiful. One of the best sports autobiographies I've ever read. It comes from the heart." (Stephen King)
Eclipsing the traditional sports memoir, House of Nails, by former world champion, multimillionaire entrepreneur, and imprisoned felon Lenny Dykstra, spins a tragicomic tale of Shakespearean proportions - a relentlessly entertaining American epic that careens between the heights and the abyss.
Nicknamed "Nails" for his hustle and grit, Lenny approached the game of baseball - and life - with mythic intensity. During his decade in the majors as a center fielder for the legendary 1980s Mets and the 1990s Phillies, he was named to three All-Star teams and played in two of the most memorable World Series of the modern era. An overachiever known for his clutch hits, high on-base percentage, and aggressive defense, Lenny was later identified by his former minor league roommate, Billy Beane, as the prototypical "Moneyball" player in Michael Lewis' best seller. Tobacco stained, steroid powered, and booze and drug fueled, Nails also defined a notorious era of excess in baseball.
Then came a second act no novelist could plausibly conjure: After retiring, Dykstra became a celebrated business mogul and investment guru. Touted as "one of the great ones" by CNBC's Jim Cramer, he became "baseball's most improbable postcareer success story" (The New Yorker), purchasing a $17.5-million mansion and traveling the world by private jet. But when the economy imploded in 2008, Lenny lost everything. Then the feds moved in: Convicted of bankruptcy fraud (unjustly, he contends), Lenny served two and a half harrowing years in prison, where he was the victim of a savage beating by prison guards that knocked out his front teeth.
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, channeling the bewildered fascination of many observers, declared that Lenny's outrageous rise and spectacular fall was "the greatest story that I have ever seen in my lifetime". Now, for the first time, Lenny tells all about his tumultuous career, from battling through crippling pain to steroid use and drug addiction to a life of indulgence and excess, then an epic plunge and the long road back to redemption. Was Lenny's hard-charging, risk-it-all nature responsible for his success in baseball and business and his precipitous fall from grace? What lessons, if any, has he learned now that he has had time to think and reflect?
Hilarious, unflinchingly honest, and irresistibly listenable, House of Nails makes no apologies and leaves nothing left unsaid.
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Every spring, Little Leaguers across the country mimic his stance and squabble over the right to wear his number, 2, the next number to be retired by the world’s most famous ball team. Derek Jeter is their hero. He walks in the footsteps of Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, and Mantle, and someday his shadow will loom just as large. Yet he has never been the best player in baseball. In fact, he hasn’t always been the best player on his team. But his intangible grace and Jordanesque ability to play big in the biggest of postseason moments make him the face of the modern Yankee dynasty, and of America’s game.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book, terrible narrator.
- De Butter en 05-09-14
De: Ian O'Connor
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Furious George
- My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection
- De: George Karl, Curt Sampson
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 164
A man of deep passion and intensity, George Karl earned his bad boy reputation while playing at the University of North Carolina, a rap that continued through the five years he spent with the San Antonio Spurs - and long after he stopped playing. Karl's beery nights, fistfights, and barking followed him into a 35-year coaching career. In a game defined by big stakes and bigger egos, rabid fans and an unforgiving media, Karl was hired and fired a dozen times.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pathetic little black book.
- De Brad Howard en 04-20-20
De: George Karl, y otros
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108 Stitches
- Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns, and the Darndest Characters from My Time in the Game
- De: Ron Darling, Daniel Paisner - contributor
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 96
This is New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated broadcaster Ron Darling's 108 baseball anecdotes that connect America’s game to the men who played it. Darling has played with or reported on just about everybody who has put on a uniform since 1983, and they in turn have played with or reported on just about everybody who put on a uniform in a previous generation. Like the 108 stitches on a baseball, Darling's experiences are interwoven with every athlete who has ever played, every coach or manager, and every fan.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Meh
- De Amazon Customer en 04-13-19
De: Ron Darling, y otros
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Long Shot
- De: Mike Piazza, Lonnie Wheeler
- Narrado por: Holter Graham, Mike Piazza
- Duración: 15 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 141
Mike Piazza was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 62nd round of the 1988 baseball draft as a "courtesy pick". The Dodgers never expected him to play for them - or anyone else. Mike had other ideas. Overcoming his detractors, he became the National League Rookie of the Year in 1993, broke the record for season batting average by a catcher, holds the record for career home runs at his position, and was selected as an All Star 12 times. Mike was groomed for baseball success by his ambitious, self-made father in Pennsylvania, a classic father-son American-dream story.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I only thought i knew the Mike Piazza story
- De James en 03-24-13
De: Mike Piazza, y otros
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They Called Me God
- The Best Umpire Who Ever Lived
- De: Doug Harvey, Peter Golenbock
- Narrado por: Robert Brown
- Duración: 5 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 37
In the pageantry of baseball, one select group is virtually unknown in the outside world, derided by fans, faced with split-second choices that spell victory or defeat. These men are up-close observers of the action, privy to inside jokes, blood feuds, benches-clearing brawls, and managers’ expletive-filled tirades. In this wonderful memoir, Hall of Fame umpire Doug Harvey takes us within baseball as you’ve never seen it, with unforgettable inside stories of baseball greats such as Willie Mays, Sandy Koufax, and Whitey Herzog.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Best? Possibly.
- De Rick en 07-12-14
De: Doug Harvey, y otros
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Bums
- An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers
- De: Peter Golenbock
- Narrado por: Raymond Todd
- Duración: 19 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
Before the team headed to Los Angeles in 1957, the Brooklyn Dodgers were one of the most colorful and beloved teams in baseball. In Bums, best-selling author Peter Golenbock has compiled a fascinating oral history of the Ebbets Field heroes with recollections from former players, writers, front-office executives, and faithful fans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A MUST for the true Dodgers or Giants fan!!
- De Karen en 02-25-07
De: Peter Golenbock
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The Captain
- The Journey of Derek Jeter
- De: Ian O'Connor
- Narrado por: Nick Pollifrone
- Duración: 14 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 300
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 280
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 277
Every spring, Little Leaguers across the country mimic his stance and squabble over the right to wear his number, 2, the next number to be retired by the world’s most famous ball team. Derek Jeter is their hero. He walks in the footsteps of Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, and Mantle, and someday his shadow will loom just as large. Yet he has never been the best player in baseball. In fact, he hasn’t always been the best player on his team. But his intangible grace and Jordanesque ability to play big in the biggest of postseason moments make him the face of the modern Yankee dynasty, and of America’s game.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book, terrible narrator.
- De Butter en 05-09-14
De: Ian O'Connor
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Furious George
- My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection
- De: George Karl, Curt Sampson
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 164
A man of deep passion and intensity, George Karl earned his bad boy reputation while playing at the University of North Carolina, a rap that continued through the five years he spent with the San Antonio Spurs - and long after he stopped playing. Karl's beery nights, fistfights, and barking followed him into a 35-year coaching career. In a game defined by big stakes and bigger egos, rabid fans and an unforgiving media, Karl was hired and fired a dozen times.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pathetic little black book.
- De Brad Howard en 04-20-20
De: George Karl, y otros
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108 Stitches
- Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns, and the Darndest Characters from My Time in the Game
- De: Ron Darling, Daniel Paisner - contributor
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 96
This is New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated broadcaster Ron Darling's 108 baseball anecdotes that connect America’s game to the men who played it. Darling has played with or reported on just about everybody who has put on a uniform since 1983, and they in turn have played with or reported on just about everybody who put on a uniform in a previous generation. Like the 108 stitches on a baseball, Darling's experiences are interwoven with every athlete who has ever played, every coach or manager, and every fan.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Meh
- De Amazon Customer en 04-13-19
De: Ron Darling, y otros
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Pete Rose
- An American Dilemma
- De: Kostya Kennedy
- Narrado por: Ben Bartolone
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 121
Pete Rose played baseball with a singular and headfirst abandon that endeared him to fans and peers, even as it riled others--a figure at once magnetic, beloved and polarizing. Rose has more base hits than anyone in history, yet he is not in the Hall of Fame. Twenty-five years ago he was banished from baseball for gambling, then ruled ineligible for Cooperstown; today, the question "Does Pete Rose belong in the Hall of Fame?" has evolved into perhaps the most provocative in sports, a layered, slippery and ever-relevant moral conundrum.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book, not so good production.
- De david d. en 05-01-14
De: Kostya Kennedy
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The Chicago Cubs
- Story of a Curse
- De: Rich Cohen
- Narrado por: Adam Grupper
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 85
For Rich Cohen and millions of other fans, the Chicago Cubs have always been more than a team: they've been the protagonists of a King Arthur epic, in search of the Holy Grail that is winning the World Series. A chronicle of the last few miraculous seasons as experienced through the prism of Cubs history, The Chicago Cubs tracks the famous curse, which was placed on the team in 1945 by the infamous owner of the Billy Goat Tavern, who was ejected from Wrigley Field when he tried to bring his goat into the grandstand for the fifth game of the World Series.
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5 out of 5 stars
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just listen and it all happens again
- De Z. Kuhn en 10-28-17
De: Rich Cohen
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Dollar Sign on the Muscle
- The World of Baseball Scouting
- De: Kevin Kerrane
- Narrado por: Patrick Kerrane
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Humorous case histories and profiles of great baseball scouts accompany a discussion of the trade secrets of baseball scouts, the economics of scouting, player development, and the history of the profession. In a new epilogue Kevin Kerrane explores the world of baseball scouting in the late 1990s.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good for diehards, but dated and riddled w errors
- De Kindle Customer en 03-02-17
De: Kevin Kerrane
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The Best Team Money Can Buy
- The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse
- De: Molly Knight
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 11 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 191
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 191
In 2012 the Los Angeles Dodgers were bought out of bankruptcy in the most expensive sale in sports history. Los Angeles icon Magic Johnson and his partners hoped to put together a team worthy of Hollywood. By most accounts they have succeeded, if not always in the way they might have imagined.
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4 out of 5 stars
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BOTH BOOK AND TEAM NEED TO BE BETTER
- De Ray en 09-06-15
De: Molly Knight
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The Only Rule Is It Has to Work
- Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team
- De: Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne, John Pruden
- Duración: 13 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 430
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 369
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 368
It's the ultimate in fantasy baseball: You get to pick the roster, set the lineup, and decide on strategies - with real players, in a real ballpark, in a real playoff race. That's what baseball analysts Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller got to do when an independent minor-league team in California, the Sonoma Stompers, offered them the chance to run its baseball operations according to the most advanced statistics.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Narrarators have never watched baseball. Ever!
- De Anon en 06-02-16
De: Ben Lindbergh, y otros
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The Last Innocents
- The Collision of the Turbulent Sixties and the Los Angeles Dodgers
- De: Michael Leahy
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 15 h y 31 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Legendary Dodgers Maury Wills, Sandy Koufax, Wes Parker, Jeff Torborg, Dick Tracewski, and Tommy Davis encapsulated 1960s America: white and black, Jewish and Christian, wealthy and working class, pro-Vietnam and anti-war, golden boy and seasoned veteran. The Last Innocents is a thoughtful, technicolor portrait of these seven players - friends, mentors, confidants, rivals, and allies - and their storied team that offers an intriguing look at a sport and a nation in transition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Reliving my youth
- De PJ en 05-24-17
De: Michael Leahy
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Football for a Buck
- The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL
- De: Jeff Pearlman
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 14 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 493
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The United States Football League was the last football league to not merely challenge the mighty NFL but also to cause it to collectively shudder. It spanned three seasons, featured as many as 18 teams, secured multiple television deals, drew millions of fans, and launched the careers of legends - but then it died beneath the weight of a particularly egotistical and bombastic owner, a New York businessman named Donald Trump. Jeff Pearlman draws on more than 400 interviews to unearth all the salty, untold stories of one of the craziest sports entities to have ever captivated America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ahhh the USFL
- De Film Lover en 10-11-18
De: Jeff Pearlman
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The Bad Guys Won
- A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team Ever to Put on a New York Uniform - and Maybe the Best
- De: Jeff Pearlman
- Narrado por: Jeff Pearlman
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 183
It was 1986, and the New York Mets won 108 regular-season games and the World Series, capturing the hearts (and other assorted body parts) of fans everywhere. But their greatness on the field was nearly eclipsed by how bad they were off it. Led by the indomitable Keith Hernandez and the young dynamic duo of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry, along with the gallant Scum Bunch, the Amazin's left a wide trail of wreckage in their wake-hotel rooms, charter planes, a bar in Houston, and most famously Bill Buckner and the hated Boston Red Sox.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Maybe 3.5
- De Lifeisshort en 02-15-22
De: Jeff Pearlman
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Dream Team
- How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
- De: Jack McCallum
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 12 h y 56 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 425
In Dream Team, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team that captivated the world, kindled the hoop dreams of countless children around the planet, and remade the NBA into a global sensation. As a senior staff writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat for the most exciting basketball spectacle on earth, covering the Dream Team from its inception to the gold medal ceremony in Barcelona.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great insight into the great basketball team ever.
- De James O'Brien en 09-04-12
De: Jack McCallum
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Illegal Procedure
- A Sports Agent Comes Clean on the Dirty Business of College Football
- De: Josh Luchs, James Dale
- Narrado por: David Ledoux
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 59
For 15 years, sports agent Josh Luchs made illegal deals with numerous college athletes, from top-tier, nationally recognized phenoms to late-round draft picks. Then, in October 2010, Luchs wrote a confessional article in Sports Illustrated, telling the truth about what he did and didn't do. Since then, he has taken on a new role: whistle-blowing, truth-telling reformer. In telling his own story, Luchs here pulls back the curtain on the real economy - and the broken system - of college football.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very cool!
- De Phil en 01-24-13
De: Josh Luchs, y otros
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Wherever I Wind Up
- My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball
- De: R. A. Dickey, Wayne Coffey
- Narrado por: Ben Hunter
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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> The Glass Castle meets Ball Four as Mets knuckleballer R. A. Dickey weaves searing honesty and baseball insight in this memoir about his unlikely journey to the big leagues. An English Lit major at the University of Tennessee, Dickey is as articulate and thoughtful as any professional athlete in any sport - and proves it page after page, as he provides fresh and honest insight into baseball and a career unlike any other.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Marred (for me) by unfortunate performance issues
- De Anthony en 03-28-13
De: R. A. Dickey, y otros
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When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!
- De: Yogi Berra, Dave Kaplan
- Narrado por: Dale Berra
- Duración: 2 h y 8 m
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Yogi Berra is one of America's most beloved baseball players of all time, known as much for his wit and humor as he is for his exploits with the New York Yankees. In this new book, Yogi provides inspiring, funny, and surprisingly moving essays on life, happiness, and getting through the slumps.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Bits of Wisdom from a Legend
- De John en 12-27-24
De: Yogi Berra, y otros
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- Josh
- 06-03-17
Brought me back
Having been a diehard Mets fan throughout Lenny Dykstra's years with the team, this brought me back to the 1986 season. I truly enjoyed hearing about Lenny's escapades, his friendship with Charlie Sheen, and some of his struggles. The book got bogged down a bit with the minutiae of his legal circumstances and investments though. Patrick Lawlor's narration grew on me, as well.
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- Kyle C.
- 07-06-16
awesome book, subpar reading.
I love the book. It was a great story and I believe most of it to be true. The one gig I have is that the reader was not well invested in the story it seems. He did not emphasize the funny spots or the heavier spots well. I think it would have been much better served had Lenny read it himself.
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- FL Greek
- 07-20-16
Wow!
Heard Lenny on the Howard Stern showpromoting this book. I have to admit, I did not know who we was before that. After listening to his book, I am a fan!
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- Arah Daloia
- 09-30-16
Fantastic
Raw and unfiltered. A great listen and amazing story. They should make a film to this book!
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- martha
- 07-15-16
Not bad
Better than I thought it would be! I like redemption stories. Author is honest, story is interesting.
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- seth
- 07-23-16
Phenomenal story
Compelling tale of tragedy and triumph . Enjoyed it immensely. Parts were a little repetitive but overall amazing.
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- Jennifer Dakan
- 07-22-16
Nails is right!
Anyone who grew up in the 80s and followed baseball will love this read. Awesome!
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- Will
- 09-03-24
Wrong narrator
The narrator’s voice does not fit the content. Needed someone more gruff.
Still, the book has some interesting parts.
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- Angelo Trento
- 07-14-16
Amazing
I throughly enjoyed this book from start to finish.. Highly recommended to anyone who enjoys baseball
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- melissa beckett
- 07-07-16
very enjoyable
love getting inside the mind of athletes, side that you normally don't get to hear.
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