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The Bronx Zoo: The Astonishing Inside Story of the 1978 World Champion New York Yankees Paperback – April 1, 2005

by Sparky Lyle (Author), Peter Golenbock (Author)

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This bestselling, highly-acclaimed account is a hilarious but scathing baseball tell-all. After being voted the 1977 American League Cy Young Award winner, Sparky Lyle was rewarded for his efforts by being benched. The Yankees, a leader of free agency, signed Goose Gossage as their closer. Things only went downhill from there and the 1978 season turned out to be one of controversy, firings, fights and acrimony. In short, it was a zoo.

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256 pages
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English
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Triumph Books
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April 1, 2005
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6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
ISBN-10

1572437154
ISBN-13

978-1572437159
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After winning the American League Cy Young Award in 1977, Lyle, a left-handed reliever, was rewarded with a place on the bench as the high-spending New York Yankees acquired Goose Gossage from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bad news for him, good luck for us, as the bullpen bench was the perfect perch from which to observe the wild 1978 season, in which the Yankees overcame a 14-game midsummer deficit and a midseason managerial change to win the pennant and their second consecutive World Series. Would Lyle have written the book if he’d had more playing time? It’s an intriguing question. The quality of the prose isn’t great, but it definitely has spark. As he recounts fights, firings, pranks, and even baseball games, offering forthright assessments of Reggie Jackson, George Steinbrenner, and Billy Martin (the last fares best), Lyle seemingly can’t help but offer his honest opinion on all of it. And the following season? Strangely enough, Lyle finally got what he wanted most of all, a trade to another team. Frankly fascinating and forthrightly funny. --Keir Graff

About the Author

Sparky Lyle is a former left-handed relief pitcher who spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseball. A three-time All-Star, he won the American League Cy Young Award in 1977. He was most famous for coauthoring The Bronx Zoo, a 1979 tell-all book that chronicled the dissension within the Yankees in its World Series Championship seasons of 1977 and 1978. Peter Golenbock is a sports journalist and author.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Triumph Books (April 1, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1572437154
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1572437159
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,029,724 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #903 in Mid Atlantic US Travel Books
- #2,199 in Baseball (Books)

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Peter F Raleigh

A good book revisited

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2020

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I read this book 20 years ago and really enjoyed. Decided to re-read it on Kindle and it was a fun read, and went quick. That said, I was surprised how Lyle left me with such a bitter impression, and it seemed slightly revisionist, in that the notes Lyle took during the season may have been augmented post season prior to the initial publication. When compared to Ball Four, Bouton was optimistic and the book had twists and turns that clearly show his notes were not adjusted post season. Also, I am shocked how many editing errors there are. When I first read The Bronx Zoo, it was in paperback. Clearly in a digital world, the book was scanned, but did anyone edit the scanned version? I can't believe someone did as I noticed at least a dozen mistakes that should have been caught.

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Kzone

A Classic!

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2019

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Difficult to believe this book - published in 1980 - is nearly 40 years old! An American baseball classic. After purchase, I was lucky enough to meet Sparky Lyle in person and have him sign this copy for me. A fine human being who loves the game and wrote an amazing book. A must read if you are a Yankees fan, or simply want to reminisce about the Great American Pastime of a vintage age in baseball.

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Mickey Mantle

Keeping a career alive

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2020

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I loved it. I read it decades ago, and this time I was focused more on Sparky Lyle's situation rather than the Steinbrenner-Reggie-Billy Martin soap opera. Lyle is thoughtful and was placed in a no win situation when George Steinbrenner signed Rich Gossage to replace Sparky as closer. These are jobs. Lyle wanted to extend his career as long as possible to keep the checks coming.

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KlondikeMatisse

I just wasn't into it

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2020

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Thought the nostalgia would allow me to enjoy it. But it was more like listening to a diary with very little of the human element in it.

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Ol' Reg

Sooooo many laughs

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2013

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I owned this book when it was written many years back. My wife is a die-hard baseball fan and I knew she would know all the players named (Billy Martin, Goose Gossage et.al) and that she would get a real kick out of life in the big leagues when the big drug of choice was alcohol and not PEDs.
Sparky Lyle takes you back to those bad old days with such humor and aplomb, you'll think you're still there.
I highly recommend this laugh-out-loud book to sports fans who want some insight into the conferences on the mound, the conversations in the dugout and the locker rooms.
I loved it then and, judging by my wife's reading the passages that have her laughing her butt off, I did well by her.

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Great team, better story.

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2020

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I've been waiting for this one to come to Kindle for years. It was worth the wait. Lyle is honest and insightful, letting the public get to know one of history's most colorful teams. I read it quickly, and will reread it again and again.

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MikeGM

FAVORITE BOOK EVER

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2021

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Takes me back to my youth with the dysfunctional Bronx Bombers of the late 70's - the Yanks then were (and still are) my favorite!

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Steve

Still As Good As Advertised

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2020

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Over 40 years later, Sparky Lyle’s tell-all a out of the 1978 Yankees and his honest, often crude, tales still make for a hilarious if not sometimes awkward book.

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