A Yankee Century: A Celebration of the First Hundred Years of Baseball's Greatest Team - Softcover

Frommer, Harvey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 042519177X ISBN 13: 9780425191774

Publisher: Berkley, 2003

Synopsis

“If you love baseball, if you love the New York Yankees—you will love this book.”—Paul O’Neill

Nothing defines America like baseball. And nothing defines baseball like the Yankees. From their historic beginnings as the New York Highlanders playing in Manhattan’s Hilltop Park in 1903, to their reign as the modern-day dynasty that brought Major League Baseball into a new millennium with World Series championships in ’96, ’98, ’99, and 2000, this team has given us a century of triumphs and heartbreaks, legends and lore.

This definitive album captures that century in words, stats, and pictures. Included are such luminaries as Mel Allen, Yogi Berra, Scott Brosius, Andy Carey, Chris Chambliss, Jerry Coleman, Don Larsen, and Bob Sheppard—as well as portraits of the greats—from Mickey Mantle to Don Mattingly, from Vic Raschi to Allie Reynolds, from Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio to Derek Jeter.  You’ll also find:

· Picks and profiles of the greatest (and worst) Yankee teams
· Quotes, lists, trivia, and tributes
· Tales of fierce rivalries and unforgettable moments
· The hallowed history of the “House That Ruth Built;” the infamous “pine tar incident;” Larsen’s perfect game during the ’56 World Series; Lou Gehrig’s stirring 1939 speech; the roller-coaster ride of the 2001 series, and other memorable Yankee moments
 
For Yankee fans, or anyone who loves baseball, owning A Yankee Century is like having a clubhouse pass to the most fabled franchise in all of sports.

About this title

From the Author

In writing A YANKEE CENTURY, it was in a way like competing with myself. I had written the highly successful A YANKEE ENCYCLOPEDIA as well as NEW YORK CITY BASEBALL, had written for YANKEES MAGAZINE for almost two decades and followed the team for more decades that I can remember. So in writing A YANKEE CENTURY - - all of this history came into play. I fashioned a book that is history, trivia, dates, profiles, oddities - a book that I believe will appeal to all Yankee fans and baseball fans - there is something to learn and enjoy on each page. I learned a lot in doing the book and I knew a lot before I started.

With its mix of archival photos, charts, lists, stats - as well as more than 100,000 words written by me - -and me alone -this is a book I am very proud of.

About the Author

Harvey Frommer is the author of more than 30 sports books. Together with his wife, Myrna Katz Frommer, he authored the critically acclaimed oral histories It Happened in Manhattan, It Happened in Brooklyn, It Happened in the Catskills, It Happened on Broadway, and Growing Up Jewish in America. Frommer is a professor in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program at Dartmouth College, and a longtime Yankee fan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 042519177X
• ISBN 13: 9780425191774
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448