The Ultimate Yankee Book: From the Beginning to Today: Trivia, Facts and Stats, Oral History, Marker Moments and Legendary Personalities―A History and ... Book About Baseball’s Greatest Franchise - Hardcover

Frommer, Harvey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1624144330 ISBN 13: 9781624144332

Publisher: Page Street Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

The perfect gift for the diehard fan, an enviable treasure for yourself, The Ultimate Yankee Book is the most current and comprehensive source of trivia, people and stories from the team’s creation in 1901 to today. Harvey Frommer, the celebrated baseball historian and author of eight books about the Yankees, including The New York Yankee Encyclopedia and Remembering Yankee Stadium, has outdone himself this time around.

The Ultimate Yankee Book combines oral history with stories of legendary figures and epic Yankee feats. Featuring an exhaustive timeline, a challenging 150-question Yankee quiz, entertaining sections on Yankees by the numbers and nicknames and profiles of dozens of Yankee legends and luminaries, this is a book to treasure and turn to again and again.

Yankee fans have bragging rights to call their team the greatest of all time. Not only have the Yankees won the most World Series championships and placed the most players in the Hall of Fame, but the franchise is also the most widely featured team in news, social media and books. This groundbreaking work gives fans what they love: the best stories and a mother lode of data right through 2016. More than 125 archival photos and images are a special feature of The Ultimate Yankee Book.

About this title

About the Author

Harvey Frommer is one of the most prolific and respected sports journalists and oral historians working today. He is the author of the autobiographies of Nolan Ryan, Tony Dorsett and Red Holzman and an expert on the New York Yankees. Frommer wrote for Yankees Magazine for nearly 18 years, and has arguably written more books, articles and reviews on the team than anyone else. In 2010, Frommer was chosen by the City of New York to be the historical consultant for the reimagined old Yankee Stadium site that became Heritage Field. He has been a professor in the MALS program at Dartmouth College for more than two decades. He lives in Lyme, New Hampshire with his wife, Myrna Katz Frommer.

Review

"A terrific new book about my Yankees."―Ed Henry, Fox News chief national correspondent, NYT bestselling author of 42 Faith

"The Ultimate Yankee Book is a nice addition to a baseball fan’s reference shelf. It’s informative, interesting and fast-paced. And ultimately, that’s what a Yankees fan wants." ―Bob D'Angelo, Bob D'Angelo's Books & Blogs

"Harvey is the top expert on Yankees history; he has interviewed and written about every legend. His book is the perfect gift for any baseball fan." ―James Ernest, The Grueling Truth

"The book is an absolute gold mine of information. Beautifully done in every respect." ―Joe Rubenstein, Yankee Fancast podcast

"This is not only the ultimate Yankee book. It is the ultimate baseball book." ―Fred Wallin, Sports Byline USA

"As a life-long Yankees I was devouring every last delicious new detail about my beloved Bronx Bombers in this fabulous new book." ―Ed Henry, author of 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

"Harvey Frommer opens the door to eras Yankees fans most savor. He does it with authority and integrity, everything one would need and want in a reference guide. It is the ultimate companion for followers of the Bronx Bombers." ―Claire Smith, The BBWAA 2017 J.G. Taylor Spink Award winner

"If you care about the Yankees as much as I do, The Ultimate Yankee Book is simply the ultimate book for you." ―Robert Lipsyte, long-time, award-winning sportswriter for The New York Times and acclaimed author

"Harvey Frommer's The Ultimate Yankee Book is the perfect compilation of everything a Yankee fan wants to have at his or her elbow―milestones, quotations, personalities, quizzes and more. I enjoyed it immensely." ―Paul Dickson, author of The Dickson Baseball Dictionary and Leo Durocher: Baseball's Prodigal Son

"In The Ultimate Yankee Book, esteemed author Harvey Frommer has provided the Bronx Bomber faithful with a pinstriped bible. It's all here―and then some. The Old Perfessor, Casey Stengel, said all he asked of his players was that they ‘bust their heiny on that field.’ Well, Frommer busted his heiny to produce a book that is a must-read for Yankee worshippers.” ―Scott Pitoniak, author of 22 books, including Memories of Yankee Stadium

“Take a tour through the history of the New York Yankees! Name a player, manager, owner, general manager, or broadcaster... they are all here. Harvey Frommer leads us through the decades as easily as touring the greatest cities in the world. And of course, that’s what he’s doing, guiding us through the greatest sports franchise in history, the New York Yankees!" ―Suzyn Waldman, New York Yankees radio broadcaster

“What can an old Cardinals fan say but, ‘Damn those Yankees.’ Stan Musial once said, ‘Baseball records? The Yankees had ‘em all.’ Harvey Frommer's book proves it." ―Dave Kindred, author of Sound and Fury, a dual biography of Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell

"Yankee fans will want to keep Harvey Frommer's Ultimate Yankee Book right next to their chair alongside the peanuts and Crackerjacks. Surprising nuggets of Yankee lore adorn each page and will keep readers returning to its pages over and over again." ―Glenn Stout, author of The Selling of the Babe, series editor of The Best American Sports Writing

"A must-read for Yankee fans and Yankee haters alike. No team anywhere has this kind of history, and Harvey Frommer is the perfect tour guide for a stroll down memory lane." ―Len Berman, broadcaster and author

"I thought I knew a lot about the Yankees but I learned something new on almost every page of this terrific and terrifically fun book." ―Jonathan Eig, author of Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig

“This brand new book by America’s Baseball Author is a MUST read!" ―Seth Swirsky, author of Baseball Letters

"From the very first page, it's all there: the big names, the great moments, the thrill of pinstriped victory. Harvey Frommer has really outdone himself. This book is a veritable feast to be savored by all Yankee fans." ―Peter Golenbock, author of The Bronx Zoo, Number 1, Balls, and 7

“Do you want to know about the history of baseball? Then start with the history of the New York Yankees and The Ultimate Yankee Book. It’s the most valuable guide to the Bronx Bombers Baseball Almanac will have in its research library." ―Sean Holtz, owner, baseball-almanac.com

"One of my favorite baseball authors, Harvey Frommer goes beyond the statistics in his latest work, touching all the bases on nicknames, spring training, and even retired numbers―assuming the Yankees have anything left to retire! It's a reference to treasure not only for fans of the Yanks but for lovers of baseball history." ―Dan Schlossberg, former AP sportswriter and author of 38 baseball books

"It's all here. Everything you ever wanted to know about the most storied sports franchise in American history. Even Red Sox fans should get in on this so they'll know all about the enemy." ―Dan Shaughnessy, author The Curse of the Bambino, sports columnist/associate editor at the Boston Globe

"If you are looking for the book that covers everything Yankees, then The Ultimate Yankee Book is the choice. This is really the one-stop, has-it-all book that will give any Yankees fan or baseball historian their entire fill of nothing but Yankees baseball." ―Bradford H. Turnow, owner, ultimateyankees.com

“Even as a lifetime Dodger fan, I really enjoyed The Ultimate Yankee Book, as it has everything a true baseball aficionado would want.” ―Fred Wallin, storied Los Angeles sportscaster

“If you’re a fan of baseball history, this book is amazing. Even the biggest Boston Red Sox fan will have a hard time putting it down.” ―Bobby Roberts, sports writer and creator of "America's White Boy"

About this edition

• Publisher: Page Street Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1624144330
• ISBN 13: 9781624144332
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288