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I'm Just Getting Started: Baseball's Best Storyteller on Old School Baseball, Defying the Odds, and Good Cigars Hardcover - 2005

by Jack McKeon; Kevin Kernan

"Trader Jack" McKeon shares his lessons about baseball and his tales from the road with generations of characters, and offers a connoisseur's take on the finer points of a good cigar.


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Jack McKeon, who in 2003 became the oldest manager to ever lead a team to the World Series championship, proved that old doesn't mean you're over, and these stories offer a look into his storied career, from baseball's forgotten fields to the World Series. In his 55-year career in professional baseball, McKeon learned that the main ingredient to success is enjoying yourself and those around you. Even when faced with incredible odds, McKeon proves that keeping a sense of humor can cure many problems. McKeon's book is a conversational glimpse into how baseball players, fans, management and coaches work at every level.

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I've been fired six times.

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  • Title I'm Just Getting Started: Baseball's Best Storyteller on Old School Baseball, Defying the Odds, and Good Cigars
  • Author Jack McKeon; Kevin Kernan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 213
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Triumph Books (IL), Chicago
  • Date March 30, 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781572437111 / 1572437111
  • Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.44 x 6.32 x 0.86 in (23.98 x 16.05 x 2.18 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Theometrics: Secular
  • Library of Congress subjects Conduct of life, Baseball managers - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004065923
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Ingram Advance, 03/01/2005, Page 94

About the author

Jack McKeon is a former Major League Baseball manager for the Florida Marlins. In 2003, he won a World Series with the Marlins. When he took over as manager of the Marlins in 2011 at age 80, he became the second oldest manager in major league history, behind Connie Mack. McKeon previously managed the Kansas City Royals from 1973 to 1975, the Oakland Athletics in 1977 and 1978, the San Diego Padres from 1988 to 1990, and the Cincinnati Reds from 1997 to 2000. From 1981 to 1990, he served as general manager of the Padres, forming the team which won the 1984 National League pennant. Kevin Kernan is an award-winning sports columnist for the New York Post who has covered sports for 27 years. I'm Just Getting Started is his fifth book.
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