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.
#1850146 in Books Potomac Books Inc. 2004-07-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.70 x .59 x 5.70l; .77 #File Name: 1574887009288 pages
Review
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. It was a good read. I'm a policy wonkBy Randall RosenbaumIt was a good read. I'm a policy wonk; so it was great to read this book right after I read Mr. Bohn's other book; Presidents in Crisis. Some duplication; but you got a deeper and richer sense of how the mechanisms of government support crisis management.There was; however; something that deeply disturbed me; and I feel I have to mention it. It influenced my ranking of this book. There were an alarming number of misspelled words and grammatical oddities scattered throughout the book; so many in fact that they detracted from my reading. I would catch this or that error; and it would bother the heck out of me. This has to be the most poorly edited book I've read in the along time.So enjoy the stories; but if more than the expected number of typographical errors or poorly constructed sentences drive you crazy then avoid this book.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. very well written. I build emergency communication systems. ...By MrMatthewvery well written. I build emergency communication systems. Learning some of the unclassified technical aspects was very interesting.1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Not as interesting as you'd imagine from the title - but still worth a readBy J. LeeThe author; who was one of the Directors of the White House Situation Room during the Reagan era; does a good job of tracing back it's history from it's inception under Kennedy through to the GW Bush era. It's also an insightful look at the situation room's purpose; how various President's have utilized it; and the politics involved of prioritizing and accurately communicating important news to everyone who needs to know it immediately.It's particularly worthwile if you're interested in how communications with other countries and world leaders have evolved as technology has evolved; as well as the role that CNN has historically played in the White House effort to track world events.That said; while the author has great insight and has done much research on his topic; the writing is a bit dry and laborious. A hodge-podge of anecdotal stories and research are thrown in - most of which provide little insight into any of major crisis of the day. (Partly; you realize; that's because you the Director of the Situation Room is mostly a meeting and communications coordinator. So; while it has front access to the meeting room and high-level communications; noone in that group really knows the political ins and outs of what happens with what they provide until it becomes public.)BOTTOM LINE: Not the interesting page-turner which you'd expect from a book titled "Nerve Center". But interesting all the same; if you want a look at how the real situation room (and not the far more exciting movie version of it) operates.
