IAN O'CONNOR is a nationally recognized sports columnist who has won numerous Associated Press awards. Currently he writes for ESPNNewYork.com and hosts a radio show for ESPN. He is the author of Arnie and Jack, a New York Times bestseller, and The Jump.
"Jeter is the prince, the good son, the tireless worker. O'Connor
uses baseball lore and the tropes and rhythms of folktales to limn
Jeter's family life and early career...essential for Yankees fans."
-- Booklist "O'Connor peppers the bio with enough hidden gems about
the notoriously private ballplayer to make this the most thorough
and intriguing work on Jeter so far. And O'Connor's ability to
reconcile Jeter the man with Jeter the ballplayer means that even
Red Sox fans may enjoy this bio." -- Publishers Weekly "The most
complete account yet of this signal player's life and career . . .
Insightful about Jeter's minor league days and touching on his
personal life, The Captain tantalizes with predictions about
possible position changes and the length of Jeter's career. An
excellent selection for those interested in baseball generally and
in pinstripes particularly." -- Library Journal "Long after Derek
Jeter is inducted into the Hall of Fame, Ian O'Connor's work will
be viewed as the definitive biography of the captain. Jeter has
always managed to keep it simple, but as O'Connor shows, the
shortstop is a complicated superstar." -- Buster Olney, author of
How Lucky You Can Be and The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty "Ian
O'Connor is an ideal biographer for Derek Jeter. Ian is the same
kind of thorough pro." -- Tom Callahan, best-selling author of
Johnny U
"Derek Jeter is undoubtedly the most talked about, argued about,
cheered, booed and ultimately respected baseball player of his
generation. And as public a figure as he has been, he is in many
ways the least known. That changes now as Ian O'Connor, one of the
best sportswriters anywhere, goes deep and does what no one has
quite been able to do: tell us a bit about who Derek Jeter really
is." -- Joe Posnanski, author of The Machine "For years we've been
telling young ballplayers to play and behave like Derek Jeter. Now
we can tell them to read Ian O'Connor's The Captain. Finally, we
have an inside look at the worthy successor to Ruth, Gehrig,
DiMaggio and Mantle." -- Dan Shaughnessy, author of Fenway and
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