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Yankees
Legendary sports columnist Maury Allen captures the dramatic and emotional highlights of the careers of 50 former New York Yankee fan favorites, including Dooley Womack and Phil Linz.
263 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 2004
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February 28, 2018
A decent water closet read; quick little tales of what became of old time Yankees. I read this in 2004. For you baseball fans, I liked to think that reading it helped reverse the curse.
May 7, 2016
I enjoyed reading this book, though I must admit I probably enjoyed it more because I am a Yankee fan. I would recommend it to any Yankee fan as well as any general baseball fan.
Essentially the author, Maury Allen, interviewed a number of former Yankee players. He focused on players that were not Hall of Famers, so there is no pages devoted to Yogi, Mickey, or Whitey. He also does not interview current stars, (as of 2004) so there are no pages devoted to Derek, Bernie, Andy, Mo, or Jorge. With that said, here are some of the people that a reader will find in the book's pages:
- Bill Werber: At the time, he was the oldest living Yankee and traveled with the 1927 Yankees that had Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth and the rest of Murderer's Row.
- Sparky Lyle: The 1977 Cy Young award winner who lost his job when Goose Gossage came to New York in 1978.
- Mike Torrez: The pitcher on the mound who caught the bunt pop up for the final out of the 1977 World Series, and the pitcher who gave up Bucky Dent's 3 run homerun in the 1978 Playoff game between the Yankees and the Red Sox.
- Bobby Cox: Known as a Hall of Fame manager for the Braves, he played with the 1968 Yankees, Mickey Mantle's last year.
- Johnny Blanchard - A part time player was behind the plate in the bottom of the 9th inning in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series.
- Dave Righetti: A starter for the Yankees in the early 80's who pitched a no-hitter on July 4th, and was then an outstanding relief pitcher.
These are just 6 of the 50 players that are listed in the book. The format for each story is pretty much a write up about what the player is currently doing, what their career was like, and what they felt like playing for the Yankees. A number of the write ups will seem familiar if the reader has watched Yankeeography's; specifically Lyle's, Ron Guidry's, Willie Randolph's, and Bobby Murcer's to name a few. Each story is just a few pages long, and the book reads pretty quick.
All in all, I think this is a fun book to read, especially for a Yankee fan. I also thing that non Yankee baseball fans might also enjoy this book too. I say that because I think I would enjoy reading a similar book about other teams. Some of the players in the book were ones that I saw play for the Yankees when I was younger, and it was fun to read about them. The stories within the book's pages brought back some memories of my childhood, which I very much enjoyed.
Essentially the author, Maury Allen, interviewed a number of former Yankee players. He focused on players that were not Hall of Famers, so there is no pages devoted to Yogi, Mickey, or Whitey. He also does not interview current stars, (as of 2004) so there are no pages devoted to Derek, Bernie, Andy, Mo, or Jorge. With that said, here are some of the people that a reader will find in the book's pages:
- Bill Werber: At the time, he was the oldest living Yankee and traveled with the 1927 Yankees that had Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth and the rest of Murderer's Row.
- Sparky Lyle: The 1977 Cy Young award winner who lost his job when Goose Gossage came to New York in 1978.
- Mike Torrez: The pitcher on the mound who caught the bunt pop up for the final out of the 1977 World Series, and the pitcher who gave up Bucky Dent's 3 run homerun in the 1978 Playoff game between the Yankees and the Red Sox.
- Bobby Cox: Known as a Hall of Fame manager for the Braves, he played with the 1968 Yankees, Mickey Mantle's last year.
- Johnny Blanchard - A part time player was behind the plate in the bottom of the 9th inning in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series.
- Dave Righetti: A starter for the Yankees in the early 80's who pitched a no-hitter on July 4th, and was then an outstanding relief pitcher.
These are just 6 of the 50 players that are listed in the book. The format for each story is pretty much a write up about what the player is currently doing, what their career was like, and what they felt like playing for the Yankees. A number of the write ups will seem familiar if the reader has watched Yankeeography's; specifically Lyle's, Ron Guidry's, Willie Randolph's, and Bobby Murcer's to name a few. Each story is just a few pages long, and the book reads pretty quick.
All in all, I think this is a fun book to read, especially for a Yankee fan. I also thing that non Yankee baseball fans might also enjoy this book too. I say that because I think I would enjoy reading a similar book about other teams. Some of the players in the book were ones that I saw play for the Yankees when I was younger, and it was fun to read about them. The stories within the book's pages brought back some memories of my childhood, which I very much enjoyed.
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