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 enlarge | Author: Michael Demarco
Publisher: AMACOM
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 1014429
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1
ISBN: 0814405614
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357092
EAN: 9780814405611
ASIN: 0814405614
Publication Date: April 2001
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Condition: New book with minimal handling wear
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 So that's how Billy did it! April 25, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was a very satisfying read. As a baseball fan, I know Billy Martin's legacy of drinking and other troubles. What I also know is that Billy Martin was a very successful player and manager. What Michael DeMarco does in this book is provide an in depth analysis of Billy Martin's baseball and leadership tactics. Instead of focusing a great amount of attention of barroom brawls and fights with George Steinbrenner, DeMarco focuses on how Martin built winning teams using accounts from his former players. What other Billy Martin books only hinted at, Dugout Days analyzes in great depth. Amazingly to me, DeMarco demystifies Martin's success, and resolves the apparent paradox between Martin's problematic personal life and his extremely successful managerial career. I am a baseball fan reading this book, but the book is also marketed as a leadership guide. At first, I wondered how Billy Martin's career could have any relevance to the business world, but after reading the book, I found there is a wealth of pertinent information in there for any leader in any field. DeMarco does not cite specific examples of the usage of Billy Martin tactics to the business world, but the applicability of Martin's management techniques are readily apparent, especially (believe it or not) in the ways in which he worked one-on-one with his players, alternately using compassion, anger, and humor according to what might best motivate a certain personality to play his best. In fact, I wish some of my bosses used some of his management techniques! This book definitely made me re-think my interactions with the younger staff members at my own work. The bottom line is this: if you love either real inside baseball analysis or studies of what made one man great at what he did, this book is for you. If you are looking for tabloid trash about the personal failings of a famous man, you would do best to look elsewhere.
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