New York Yankees IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom [Paperback]

Tucker Elliot (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 31, 2009

Think you know Yankees baseball? Think again. Find out how smart you really are about the New York Yankees. Are you a rookie? Are you a tested, hardcore veteran? Or will you be clearing waivers for your pending release halfway through the book? We'll let you know. Five chapters, ten categories, more than 250 questions: The Numbers Game, Rookies, Veterans, Legends, Hitters, Pitchers, Managers and Coaches, Fabulous Feats, Teams, and Miscellaneous. That's what you're up against, and we're keeping score. Test your skills. Wrack your brain. It's the ultimate New York Yankees IQ test.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"If you consider yourself a tested veteran at baseball trivia in general or a hardcore expert at Yankees trivia in particular, it doesn't matter. You owe it to yourself to test your skills with this book. If you pass this test you can truly claim to be a cut above everyone else." - Daniel J. Brush, award-winning co-author of New York Yankees: An Interactive Guide to the World of Sports

About the Author

Tucker Elliot is a Georgia native and a diehard baseball fan. A former high school athletic director and varsity baseball coach, he now writes full-time and has authored more than two dozen baseball books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 92 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (August 31, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1448690765
• ISBN-13: 978-1448690763
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #240,996 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Sports > Baseball > History
  • #15 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Sports > Baseball > General

More About the Author

Tucker Elliot is a Georgia native and a diehard baseball fan. A former high school athletic director, varsity baseball coach, and college professor, he is now a fulltime author residing in Tampa, FL.

Tucker is the author of several books in the Black Mesa sports history / trivia series subtitled The Ultimate Test of True Fandom, including: Atlanta Braves IQ, New York Yankees IQ, Major League Baseball IQ, and Tampa Bay Rays IQ (with Rays' pitcher Andy Sonnanstine).

He is also the author of Boston Red Sox: An Interactive Guide to the World of Sports and San Francisco Giants: An Interactive Guide to the World of Sports (with Zac Robinson) in the popular Sports by the Numbers history series.

In total he has authored or contributed to more than two-dozen baseball books. He can be found on Facebook or via email: [e-mail]

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun, fast read filled with interesting New York Yankees facts and feats!, February 6, 2010

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Joel Katte "Author of MILWAUKEE BREWERS IQ tr... (Home of the Milwaukee Brewers) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New York Yankees IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom (Paperback)

I was so impressed with Tucker Elliot's ATLANTA BRAVES IQ and NEW YORK YANKEES IQ books that he inspired me to write a MILWAUKEE BREWERS IQ book. Elliot's intense, interactive approach to baseball trivia is sure to test readers while holding their interest. The questions start at the easier "Spring Training" level and get progressively more difficult until the "October Baseball" test reveals whether readers' knowledge earns them "walk-off bomb to win Game 7 and Series MVP Honors" status or their poor performance results in fans calling them "the 'new' Bill Buckner." Read this book and you will quickly find out where you rank in the records book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Historical Perspective of a Great Franchise, March 27, 2010

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Larry Underwood "Author - St Louis Cardinals ... (Scottsdale, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New York Yankees IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom (Paperback)

The New York Yankees are baseball's most storied franchise, with a rich history of individual and team accomplishments; from Babe Ruth to Joe DiMaggio to Mickey Mantle to Derek Jeter, this team has now compiled an astonishing 27 World Series championships. It's no wonder I found this trivia book, written by Tucker Elliot, to be so fascinating. If you're a Yankees fan, or even a Yankees hater who just loves baseball history, this book will test your knowledge, with a wide variety of trivia written in a most engaging style.

With the regular season fast approaching, it's time to get into the spirit of things by brushing up on your Yankees trivia. You won't be disappointed.

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great idea! Outstanding, February 17, 2010

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Sam Hendricks "Author of Fantasy Football Gui... (Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New York Yankees IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom (Paperback)

Thank you Tucker Elliot! He has provided this Yankee fan with the ultimate book in baseball trivia. Finally, I can test my skills and see how I measure up in this trivia test of 250 multiple choice and fill in the blank questions in varying degrees of difficulty. Ten categories ranging from the numbers game to legends to fabulous feats awaits the daring New York fan. How did I do? Let's just say I lost a tough seven-game series

New York Yankees IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom is another in the fine tradition of Atlanta Braves IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom (Volume 1) and Mixed Martial Arts IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom (Volume 1) . The book is well edited, the perfect size and easy to read. It really makes for a great gift to anyone who thinks they are a veteran at baseball trivia in general. It goes without saying that to any Yankee fan this is a must have!

Now if Black Mesa will just do one on the New York Mets next........

Sam Hendricks, author of both: Fantasy Football Guidebook and Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win Through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting .