The Yankees: An Illustrated History (Baseball In America) [Hardcover]

George Sullivan (Author)

Book Description

Series: Baseball In America | Publication Date: June 29, 1997

This book offers the non-stop excitement of the illustrious story of the New York Yankees, captured in more than 450 photographs and entertaining anecdotes about all of your favorite players. Year by year from 1903 through 1996, readers will relive the celebration and disappointment of each season. From humble beginnings as the New York Highlanders, to decades of victory, to surprising lapses, the high drama of Yankee baseball is at your fingertips. Enjoy a gold mine of behind-the-scenes stories and astonishing anecdotes that show the Yanks up close - the players, managers, coaches, and executives, all as they really are. Meet Babe Ruth, the Hall of Famer with a passion for late nights and home brew. Find out why Joltin' Joe DiMaggio got steamed for the first time in his life. Learn about the events leading up to Thurman Munson's tragic crash, and the unheeded warning from a fellow Yankee.Here are the straight facts on Reggie Jackson's stormy relationship with Billy Martin and George Steinbrenner's controversial front office tactics. "The Yankees: An Illustrated History" provides complete statistics and game highlights through the 1996 season and World Championship, hitting streaks, ERA's, box scores, trades, an all-time roster of managers, players, and position leaders year by year, American League championship and World Series rosters, All-Star selections, and much, much more. Author note: George Sullivan has written articles for "The New York Times" and the "Washington Post". The former public relations director for the Boston Red Sox, he worked with co-author John Powers at the Boston Globe when the sports section was declared #1 by "Time" magazine and the Associated Press.He is author of "The Sports Curmudgeon" (with Barbara Lagowski), "The Picture History of the Boston Celtics", "The Picture History of the Boston Red Sox", "The Flying Fisherman" (by 'Gadabout' Gadddis as told to George Sullivan), and "The Detroit Tigers" (with David Cataneo). John Powers has been a staff writer for the "Boston Globe" since 1973 and shared the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. He currently writes for the newspaper's "Sunday magazine" and also covers the Olympics and World Cup soccer. He is the author of "The Short Season", "One Goal" (with Art Kaminsky), "Mary Lou" (with Mary Lou Retton and Bela Karolyi), and "Seasons to Remember" (with Curt Gowdy).

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Love 'em or hate 'em, the Yankees have been as much a part of the October World Series landscape as falling leaves. This comprehensive, year-by-year history of baseball's most storied franchise is a treasure trove of breezy writing, nostalgic photography, thorough bibliography, and enough team statistics to overload a disk drive. Yet what puts The Yankees in a league of its own is its magnificent series of essays on some of the most colorful personalities ever to stride onto a ball field by some of the best scribes ever to haunt a press box: Grantland Rice on Babe Ruth, Paul Gallico on Lou Gehrig, Red Smith on Casey Stengel, and that's just the start. It's this kind of packaging that's making Temple University Press's Baseball in America and Baseball Encyclopedia series--the lineup also includes volumes on the Cubs, White Sox, Phillies, Braves, and Indians--real winners.

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"Its a grand slam: exceptional words, terrific artwork, complete records, and those wonderful columns by media superstars on Yankee greats. So this is a double two-fer; its a four-fer!" --Donald Honig

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 344 pages
• Publisher: Temple University Press (June 29, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566395534
• ISBN-13: 978-1566395533
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,635,118 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Team In Baseball, September 23, 2000

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Dave Friedfertig (Buffalo, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Yankees: An Illustrated History (Baseball In America) (Hardcover)

Time has come and passed, with teams handing the World Series trophy over to the next team the next year. There are no true dynasties anymore. Back in the 20's through the mid 60's, the New York Yankees were the team to beat, every year. And now, once again, the New York Yankees are the epitomy of greatness. Names like Ruth, DiMaggio, Mantle, Maris, and Jeter have all walked through the hallowed corridors of Yankee Stadium, calling it their home. No team in any sport has recorded as many world championships as the Yankees have. Beginning with the trade involving Babe Ruth in 1920, within three years they had won their first World Series, traveling to the beginning of the new era with Jeter, the Yankees have been spectacular. In this book, the essence of the true, pinstriped summer boys is captured in breathtaking photography. I have yet to find a photography book that makes me feel like I'm there, to take the pictures like this one has. Taking you to Cooperstown and beyond, this book is priceless. It shows the viewer what kind of team it takes to win 25 World Series, what kind of team, year in and year out, is outstanding. The Yanks are a team you love or you love to hate. If you are a sports fan of any kind, this book will surely change the way you view the boys in pinstripes.

3.0 out of 5 stars History of a Yankees' Fan Remembrances, September 16, 2009

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Betty Burks "Betty Burks" (Knoxville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Yankees: An Illustrated History (Baseball In America) (Hardcover)

This book has family pictures from albums and yearbooks but most of the photos feature Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team of the '50s. She led a charmed life but dwelled on baseball throughout this memoir in particular the Brooklyn Dodgers.

"As I did with the lives of those around me, I could incorporate the people of fiction, even of history, into my own life, make them real..." A diehard Dodgers fan from childhood, Doris Kearns names her memoir with the team's anthem, "Wait till next year." The book is full of family pictures, using albums and yearbooks to show the individuals being remembered. Most of the photos feature Brooklyn Dodgers baseball memorabilia. In the 40s, the marble rotunda at the entrance to Ebbets Field looked like a train station in a dream.

There was always a fierce rivalry with the Yankees to win the World's Series, as she remembers rooting for her team. She gives an account of meeting one of her favorite Dodgers at a local Episcopal church. "The warmth of his broad smile was all I needed to know that this was a night I would not forget."

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Team In Baseball, September 23, 2000

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Dave Friedfertig (Buffalo, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Yankees: An Illustrated History (Baseball In America) (Hardcover)

Time has come and passed, with teams handing the World Series trophy over to the next team the next year. There are no true dynasties anymore. Back in the 20's through the mid 60's, the New York Yankees were the team to beat, every year. And now, once again, the New York Yankees are the epitomy of greatness. Names like Ruth, DiMaggio, Mantle, Maris, and Jeter have all walked through the hallowed corridors of Yankee Stadium, calling it their home. No team in any sport has recorded as many world championships as the Yankees have. Beginning with the trade involving Babe Ruth in 1920, within three years they had won their first World Series, traveling to the beginning of the new era with Jeter, the Yankees have been spectacular. In this book, the essence of the true, pinstriped summer boys is captured in breathtaking photography. I have yet to find a photography book that makes me feel like I'm there, to take the pictures like this one has. If you are a Yankee fan, or even if you're not, this book will change entirely the way you see the boys in pinstripes.