Yaz: Baseball, the Wall, and Me [Hardcover]

Carl Yazstrzamski (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1990

Carl writes, "For twenty-three straight seasons - from 1961 to 1983 - I wore a Red Sox Uniform. My years were really the wonder years, encompassing generations of change in the game, the people, even the country. My link went back to the 1930s and up to the 1990s: I shared a locker room with Ted Williams, with Jim Riceand Fred Lynn, with Wade Boggs...

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

A Boston Red Sox hero for 23 years, "Yaz" played in more baseball games than anyone in American League history, becoming the league's only member to accomplish both 400 home runs and 3000 hits. In this warmhearted memoir written with New York Times reporter Eskenazi ( Bill Veeck ), Yastrzemski tells how the foundations of his career were laid by his father, a Long Island farmer--and a good amateur baseball player himself--who decided that his son would play for Boston even though the future Hall of Famer harbored reservations about Fenway Park. Yaz continually stresses his physical limitations and his willingness to work against them; such dedication helped him to establish a strong rapport with working-class fans who filled the bleachers. He is exceedingly modest about his most memorable year, 1967, when he almost single-handedly took the Sox to a pennant, and waxes philosophical over the disappointments suffered by the team over the years. Photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Yastrzemski brought a record of more than 400 home runs and over 3000 hits to Baseball's Hall of Fame in 1989. With Eskenazi ( Bill Veeck, LJ 8/87) he tells of a farm boy who aspired to play for the Yankees but whose father steered him to the Red Sox, for whom he mastered Fenway Park's feared left field wall. He relates his advance from the minors, Bosox triumphs and disappointments, and his own achievements. Yaz speaks frankly but warmly of teammates, managers, owner Tom Yawkey, and his famous friends. Adult and YA baseball shelves in New England and elsewhere will welcome this update to Yaz's 1968 YA autobiography (o.p.)-- Morey Berger, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Manalapan, N.J.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 300 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (February 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 038526769X
• ISBN-13: 978-0385267694
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,249,498 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very informative book., July 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Yaz/Baseball, the Wall, and Me (Paperback)

A splendid book on one of the greatest players to ever wear a Red Sox uniform.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book,like Yaz,the BEST!, April 26, 1999

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Ken Fougère "Ken Fougère" (Boston, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yaz/Baseball, the Wall, and Me (Paperback)

You really can appreciate the hard workand deadication it took Yaz to achievehis stats! A good hitter and an evenbetter fielder!!!

4.0 out of 5 stars Yaz enjoyed a lifetime of honor in baseball, July 2, 2009

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jon (carlisle, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yaz: Baseball, the Wall, and Me (Hardcover)

300 pages scripted to honor Yaz, must read for redsox nation and baseball fans alike. Appears the man had NO faults, would have enjoyed some critique about his dealings with teamates and the fans other than completely positive; however, maybe the man was just a super guy and treated all with respect.