The Yankees: An Authorized History of the New York Yankees [Paperback]

Phil Pepe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 12, 2003

What better way make the 100th anniversary celebration of the Yankees franchise last then with the Centennial Edition of The Yankees: An Authorized History of the New York Yankees? Filled with vivid photography and analysis of the greatest Yankee moments, readers will be enthralled by historical retrospectives all the way back to the early nineteen hundreds. Renowned sportswriter Phil Pepe puts some new touches on his classic history of the team to give Yankees fans the finest, most up-to-date chronicle in photographs and text - of America's team.

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Amazon.com Review

If there were a listing in the record books for "Most Words Written About a Team," the Bombers would win in a walk, and Phil Pepe, a press-box staple for more than four decades, would find an asterisk beside his name for both the quantity and quality of the verbiage he's contributed. To commemorate the magnificent Yankees of '98, he's revised and updated his comprehensive and lavishly illustrated history of the team that Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, Berra, and Maris built to include the compelling stories that comprised the 24th championship edition: David Wells's perfecto, Scott Brosius's rise from the ashes, El Duque's improbable flight to freedom, Darryl Strawberry's battle with cancer, and the stunning World Series sweep. As authoritative as it is "authorized," The Yankees beautifully combines words and images to form a thorough and lively chronicle, pulsing with anecdote and immediacy, and capped with a series of useful listings of team and individual accomplishments, most notably the essential raw materials that congealed into DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak and of Maris's seemingly untouchable plateau of 61 home runs. --Jeff Silverman --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

Here is a nice addition to any Yankee library. The historical text will be of interest to most baseball fans, but in my book it's the photographs that make this such a great baseball book...this is a book Yankees fans will treasure. (Scott Lynn )

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More than just records and statistics, The Yankees provides insiders' accounts of the lives of these legends, illustrated with never-before-published photographs from the Yankees and Major League Baseball archives. (Accent )

..has everything anyone could ever want to know about one of the world's most popular teams. (Gary Roen Sports Time )

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing (September 12, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878333150
• ISBN-13: 978-0878333158
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,357,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great pictures, however, too many mistakes in information!, December 29, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Yankees: An Authorized History of the New York Yankees (Hardcover)

Being a Yankees fan, I could not wait to get my hands on this book. This book apparently wasn't reviewed too well by the editors, or whoever. The first two page picture of Ruth, Gehrig, Combs, and Lazzeri has a caption stating "1931 World Series"; a page with Gehrig, Lazzeri, and Meusel's pictures on it incorrectly identifies Meusel (stating Mark Koenig); Gehrig's 1927 salary was $7,500, not $8,000 as stated; the regulars on the 1927 team batted .327, not .320; etc. The book has great pictures, but as for the actual information, it lacks a tremendous amount of accuracy.

4.0 out of 5 stars Brad's take on the New York Yankees, February 27, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Yankees: An Authorized History of the New York Yankees (Paperback)

This book is about the new york yankees, obviously. This book covers yankee history from birth, metaphorically speaking. What I mean to say is that it's about the yankees from when they were first made to today. The yankees were created in 1902. since then the yankees have won 26 world series and 38 pennants. Talk about great!

The way the author Phil Pepe had me asking for more. His writing was so descriptive that it felt like I was like there when important things happened in yankee history. And there was pictures, graphic aids. The only bad writing feature was the small print. When I finished this book I wanted to keep on going.

My favorite era was the 1920's and the 1930's. It had some great players. Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Carl Mays, Bob Meusel, and many more. This book included a part about Lou Gehrig appreciation day, which was on July 4th, 1939. That was the day Lou Gehrig made his retirement address. Lou Gehrig retired because he had ALS, which is now known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Lou Gehrig died June 6, 1941, 13 days before his 38th birthday. What a sad way to start a decade.

My favorite players for the yankee's are Alex rodriguez, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Roger Maris, Yogi Berra, and Bernie Williams.

Alex Rodriguez is a great power hitter, I bet he will make it into the hall of fame. Babe Ruth has hit the second most homeruns, 714, and made it into the hall of fame. Lou Gehrig was a great firstbase man, and played in alot of games, and made it into hall of fame. Roger Maris hit 61 homeruns in 1961, but didn't make it into the hall of fame yet. Yogi Berra was one of the best yankees catchers, and is in the hall of fame. Bernie Williams I don't think will make it into the hall of fame, but he is pretty good. overall i give this book 4 out of five stars