The Devil Wears Pinstripes

by Caple, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780452285989
• ISBN10: 0452285984
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

In The Devil Wears Pinstripes, Jim Caple, ESPN.com’s designated Yankee hater,” takes on the rabid fans of baseball’s twenty-six-time World Champions, and offers a decidedly different slant on the New York Yankees—the losers of thirteen World Series.Caple delivers his send-up of the evil empire with scathing irony, laying waste to all things Yankees. A creative and unauthorized timeline pokes fun at the organization’s trades, its legendary vanity, and its near-lethal stadium food. He skewers the owners, coaches and players—from the target of all targets George Steinbrenner to the pinstriped icons in the House That Ruth Built. Heroes and lesser mortals appear in all their tarnished glory, whether they’re participating in a World Series shutout, in drunken brawls at strip joints, or engaging in the notorious wife-swapping incident of the 1970s.Die-hard Yankee haters and the fans of all other baseball teams are sure to appreciate this hilariously provocative diatribe.

Author Biography

Jim Caple is a senior writer for ESPN.com, where he writes regular baseball and humor columns. He formerly reported on sports for the Seattle Post- Intelligencer and Pioneer Press (St. Paul).

Table of Contents

Introduction: October Surprise	xiii
Chapter 1: The Evil Empire	1	(20)
Chapter 2: The Unofficial Yankees Timeline	21	(12)
Chapter 3: Darth Steinbrenner	33	(22)
Chapter 4: The Ten Yankees Who Drive Us Nuts	55	(22)
Chapter 5: The Ten Moments We Savor and the One We Savor the Most	77	(22)
Chapter 6: Yankees Fans Are from Mars...	99	(20)
Chapter 7: ...Red Sox Fans Are from Venus	119	(16)
Chapter 8: The Dump That Ruth Built	135	(13)
Chapter 9: Yank-Jazeera	148	(21)
Chapter 10: The Fourth Estate	169	(11)
Chapter 11: Solving the Yankees	180	(13)
Chapter 12: The Ultimate Yankees Quiz	193	(18)
Chapter 13: The Devil Wears Pinstripes	211	(11)
Suggested Reading	222