Ain't No Sense Worryin'

📖 The Scoop

"We'll do all right if we can capitalize on our mistakes." A famous Yogiism? Possibly Stengelese? Guess again -- it's Gozzlespeak, straight from the mouth of Mick the Quick himself. Mickey Rivers is one of baseball's all-time great characters and a lovable legendary New York Yankee. He was an All-Star and a two-time world champion during the wild days of the "Bronx Zoo" Yankees. Now, for the first time, the man who once told teammate Reggie Jackson that he should "stop readin' and writin' and start hittin'" has himself put pen to paper. In Ain't No Sense Worryin', "Mick the Quick" takes you back to a time when the world champion Yankees were wild, free agency was young, and his goals in the game were to "hit .300, score 100 runs, and stay injury-prone." Like his old coach Yogi Berra, Mick speaks a language all his own, and his streetwise stories ring true with love, humor, and genuine affection for the game he played and the friends he made. From the devoted grandmother who inspired him to make it in baseball, through his glory days on the diamonds of California, New York and Texas, to his increasingly legendary stints as elder statesman and current spring training instructor for the Yankees, Mick the Quick has a collection of quotations, stories, and memories that will have you cracking up and possibly scratching your head in confusion. So sit back, stop worryin', and relive a time when "Me, George, and Billy were two of a kind." Book jacket.

Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Sports (fancy, right?)