Damn Yankees Twenty-Four Major League Writers on the World's Most Loved (and Hated) Team

Name: Damn Yankees Twenty-Four Major League Writers on the World's Most Loved (and Hated) Team
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ISBN: 9780062059635

ISBN-10: 0062059637

ISBN-13: 9780062059635

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Authors: Rob Fleder

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Winners of twenty-seven World Series titles, the New York Yankees are the quintessential sports dynasty. Love them or hate them, they cannot be ignored by anyone who professes to be a fan of the great game of baseball. With Damn Yankees, Rob Fleder, former Executive Editor for Sports Illustrated magazine, offers a timeless collection of original essays by some of the most prominent contemporary writers in America—from Pete Dexter to Jane Leavy, from Roy Blount Jr. to Colum McCann—each piece focusing on one uniquely colorful subject: the fanatically adored/resoundingly despised “Bronx Bombers.” Funny, moving, provocative, insightful appreciations and detractions—from Babe Ruth to Mickey…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 3/26/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.31" wide x 0.91" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English



Introduction



First



"I Have Feelings for the Yankees"




Street Heart




Take Me Out to the Oedipal Complex




The Errors of Our Ways




True North



Second



Gone Fishin'




The Queens Speech




The Latin King




The Oldest Living Yankee




Billion-Dollar Baby




Media Babe



Third



A Baltimore Chop




An Innocent Abroad




Sully and the Mick




The Deal of the Century




Death by Baseball




One True Pitch



Home



The Long Way Home




Day of the Locust




My Season's Better Than Your Season




The Dog Days




A Bad Case of the Yankees




Captain America




Yankee Mortals



Yankees by the Numbers


Hitting


Pitching


Honors, Awards, and Titles


Sabremetrics


Baserunning and Fielding


Managers, Owners, and Stadiums


Acknowledgments


The Contributors