Yankees Coming, Yankees Going: New York Yankee Player Transactions, 1903 Through 1999 (Hardcover)

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"covers every trade, player sale, purchase or free agent signing made by

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The trading, buying and selling of players has always had a key role in building better baseball teams, and few things stir the interest and passion of fans so much as a blockbuster trade. The New York Yankees made their first trade on June 10, 1903, dealing Herman Long, a veteran shortstop, and Ernie Courtney, a second-year infielder, to the Detroit Tigers for disgruntled shortstop Kid Elberfeld. Seventeen years later, the Yankees made the most infamous transaction in sports history, purchasing former pitching great and now outfielder Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for a reported $125,000.
This work exhaustively chronicles the Ruth purchase as well as the more than 600 additional transactions made by the Yankees. The author sets both the players and the deal in historical perspective, explaining why the Yanks and the other club involved made the deal, what expectations the owners, general managers and managers of the respective teams had for their new players, and, for some, what the players involved thought about their old and new teams. This book corrects many errors in trade dates listed in the encyclopedias and trade registers.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 327 pages
• Publisher: McFarland & Company (April 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786407875
• ISBN-13: 978-0786407873
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,239,809 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Where Did All The Yankees Go?, June 25, 2000

By	Gary Rosenthal (Olney, Maryland) - See all my reviews

Yankee Fan, Red Sox Fan, Oriole Fan, Tiger Fan, Dodger Fan, etc. etc. If you are simply a baseball fan, then you will love to read about how the Yankee tradition was built. While you may know the story of Babe Ruth becoming a Yankee, do you know who the Yankees dropped when they picked up Johnny Mize? (what a shock!) How about who they traded to get Roger Maris? An incredibly interesting and well researched book. I recommend this book for anyone who has the slightest bit of interest in baseball history.