Caught looking: when I was asked to step down as the manager of the Houston Astros last year, I bade a bittersweet farewell to a team I had loved for more than three decades. Among the many lessons I learned: how to motivate millionaires, how to lose in the playoffs, and how to wear a Hawaiian shirt

Authors :: Dierker, Larry
Source :: Texas Monthly. April, 2002, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p118, 5 p.
Publication Year :: 2002
Abstract: "Have you ever seen anyone with a Hawaiian shirt on who wasn't having a good time?" --Larry Dierker, 1996 Aloha. I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT I NEVER ASKED […]

Subjects :: Houston Astros -- Management
Baseball managers -- Behavior
Baseball teams -- Personalities
Baseball players -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Coaching (Athletics) -- Personal narratives
Baseball (Professional) -- Personal narratives

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