Experience a century of the pride, power, and pinstripes of the Yankees, Major League Baseball's most successful team, as told through the stories of their hometown newspaper, The New York Times.

The New York Yankees are the most storied franchise in baseball history. They consistently draw the largest home and away crowds of any team, command the largest broadcast audiences in baseball, draw the greatest number of on-line followers, and routinely sell more copies of books and magazines than any other professional sports team.

The New York Times Story of the Yankees includes more than 350 articles chronicling the team's most famous milestones-as well as the best writing about the ball club. Each article is hand-selected from The Times by the peerless sportswriter Dave Anderson, creating the most complete and compelling history to date about the Yankees.

Organized by era, the book covers the biggest stories and events in Yankee history, such as the purchase of Babe Ruth, Roger Maris's 61st home run, and David Cone's perfect game. It chronicles the team's 27 World Series championships and 40 American League pennants; its rivalries with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox; controversial owners, players, and managers; and more. The articles span the years from 1903-when the team was known as the New York Highlanders-to the present, and include stories from well-known and beloved Times reporters such as Arthur Daley, John Kieran, Leonard Koppett, Red Smith, Tyler Kepner, Ira Berkow, Richard Sandomir, Jim Roach, and George Vecsey.

Hundreds of black-and-white photographs throughout capture every era. A foreword by die-hard Yankees fan, Alec Baldwin, completes the celebration of baseball's greatest team.



Autorentext

The New York Times is regarded as the world's preeminent newspaper. Its news coverage is known for its exceptional depth and breadth, with reporting bureaus throughout the United States and in 26 foreign countries.


Dave Anderson was one of America's foremost sportswriters for nearly 60 years. He began writing for The New York Times in 1966 and was given his own column five years later. In 1981, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. A member of the National Sports Writers and Sportscasters Hall of Fame, Anderson authored 21 books and more than 350 magazine articles. He died at the age of 89 in 2018.


Bill Pennington has been a sports reporter and columnist at The New York Times since 1997 and is the author of five books, including two on the Yankees. A 10-time winner of the Associated Press Sports Editors national writing award, he also spent six seasons as a Yankee beat writer.

Titel
New York Times Story of the Yankees
Untertitel
1903-Present: 390 Articles, Profiles & Essays
EAN
9780762472192
Format
E-Book (epub)
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
166.62 MB
Anzahl Seiten
560