Yankees Essential Everything You Need to Know to Be a Real Fan!

by Karpin, Howie; Torre, Joe

• ISBN13: 9781572438170
• ISBN10: 1572438177
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: Triumph Books

Summary

The New York Yankees are one of baseball's oldest franchises and are certainly the most revered. Everything you need to know about them is in Yankees Essential, including the heroes and flakes, triumphs and failures, and all the memories and milestones that make the Yankees such an endearing and captivating team. Every Yankees fan should have this comprehensive and compelling book in his or her library. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Howie Karpin has been a sports reporter for more than 30 years and has covered everything from the World Series to the Stanley Cup Finals. He is an accredited official scorer for Major League Baseball in New York and is a contributor to Mad Dog Radio, MLB Radio, and NFL Radio. Joe Torre is the former manager of the New York Yankees, where he won four World Series.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xiii
Let the Dynasty Begin	p. 1
Dugout Generals	p. 8
In 1934 Yankees Lost More Than Pennant Race	p. 24
56 More Than Just an Unbeatable Number	p. 28
Did Babe (not Ruth) See It Coming?	p. 33
Could He Have Been the Greatest?	p. 37
The Asterisk That Never Was	p. 43
The End of an Era in the Bronx	p. 48
"Chez Yankees": Yankees Would Play at Shea in 1974 and 1975	p. 53
Reggie's Three-Home-Run Night: Vindication	p. 59
The Comeback	p. 65
The Day the Captain Died	p. 74
The Other M&M Boys: Two Great Yankees Who Never Grabbed the Ring	p. 82
The Core	p. 89
1995 Season: They're Back!	p. 104
No-No's: Yankees Pitchers' No-Hitters	p. 111
Subway Series: Yankees versus Mets	p. 127
Bonded by Pinstripe Glory	p. 135
Frozen in Time: Moments That Fueled a Rivalry	p. 149
The Final Out	p. 156
Let's Make a Deal: Best and Worst Trades in Yankees History	p. 163
Strangest Regular-Season Games in Yankees History	p. 172
The Stadium: A Field of Dreams Whose Dreams Have Been Fulfilled	p. 179
Answers to Trivia Questions	p. 186
New York Yankees All-Time Koster	p. 188
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