Pinstripe Empire The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss

by Appel, Marty

• ISBN13: 9781608194926
• ISBN10: 1608194922
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-08
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Summary

Since their breakthrough championship season in 1923, when Yankee stadium opened, the New York Yankees have been baseball's most successful, decorated, and colorful franchise. Home to Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Berra, Mantle, Jackson, and Mattingly; and later Torre, Jeter, Rivera, and Rodriguez, the team has been a fixture in our national consciousness. Yet it's been nearly seventy years since Frank Graham wrote the last narrative history of the team. Marty Appel, the Yankees' PR director during the 1970s, now illuminates the team in all its century-plus of glory: clever, maneuvering owners; rowdy, talented players; and, of course, twenty-seven championships. Appel heard war stories from old-timers like Mantle, Berra, and Casey Stengel, and has maintained a presence in the organization ever since. A collector, writer, and raconteur, he gives life to the team's history, from the muddy, uneven field at Hilltop Park in the 1900s to the evolution of today's team as an international brand. Loaded with over a century's worth of great stories, folklore, and photos, this is a treasure trove for lovers of sports, the Yankees, New York history, and America's game.

Author Biography

Marty Appel is the author of many books, including most recently the New York Times bestseller Munson. Following his years as the Yankees' public relations director, he became an Emmy Award-winning television producer and director of Marty Appel Public Relations. Appel lives in New York City and appears frequently on ESPN, HBO, MLB, and the YES Network.

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Praise for Pinstripe Empire:

"Marty Appel is a fine storyteller with a keen eye for detail. He has firsthand knowledge of the bold-faced names and the bit players over a large span of Yankee history. All of which makes his perspective both entertaining and enlightening." —Bob Costas

"For baseball fans this is a great read that takes you on an intimate trip into the Yankee Universe. For Yankee fans this is a gift that only Marty Appel could give us." —Billy Crystal

"As a player, you don’t always view the things around you as history in the making. Marty Appel always did, and now, he’s given us this important book." —Whitey Ford

"An opus. Marty Appel brings a fan's passion and a historian's dispassion to bear on the Pinstripe Empire.  He makes familiar terrain new again and uncovers original material where no one else thought to look.  This is the definitive history of the New York Yankees."—Jane Leavy, author of The Last Boy

"What a treat this book is for anyone who loves baseball, its history, and its heroes. When I was a small boy eighty years ago, my big brother began teaching me about the Yankees and baseball—what happens backstage, in dugouts, clubhouses, and front offices. This book, like my brother, amplified my knowledge of the game. He would have loved it, and so do I." —Robert W. Creamer, author of Babe and Stengel