O’Neill, who helped the Reds to their World Series title in 1990, credited his father, Rose and Ted Kluszewski for shaping him as a hitter. Kluszewski was a minor-league hitting instructor and O’Neill called him the "perfect coach."
“Pete offered me a lot of wisdom, including passionately telling me that Ted Kluszewski was the best hitting coach the Reds ever had,” O’Neill wrote. “That’s a statement that should be painted on billboards in Cincinnati."
O’Neill details in the memoir his disagreements with manager Lou Piniella about his hitting style – Piniella thought he should’ve tried to hit for more power – and how their relationship worsened when he was playing for the Yankees and Piniella managed the Seattle Mariners.
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