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Book They Wore Red Socks and Pinstripes

Download or read book They Wore Red Socks and Pinstripes written by Todd Stanley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:  More than 300 ballplayers have spent time with both the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, opposing teams in one of the most intense rivalries ever in sports. This book examines the century long antagonism between the two clubs, their storied pasts and their evolution during the 20th century. Several what-ifs are considered: what if Babe Ruth had never been traded from the Red Sox to the Yankees? What if the clubs had swapped Joe DiMaggio for Ted Williams, as was proposed by the owners of both teams? What if Alex Rodriguez had gone to Boston, as was originally intended, rather than to New York? The debate as to which team has made out better with shared players is explored.

Book Pinstripes and Reds

Download or read book Pinstripes and Reds written by David B. Funderburk and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Players in Pinstripes

Download or read book Players in Pinstripes written by Mark Vancil and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the greatest players in Yankees history through photographs, articles, and essays, from Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig to current superstars Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez.

Book Pride and Pinstripes

Download or read book Pride and Pinstripes written by Mel Stottlemyre and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a star pitcher and accomplished coach, Mel Stottlemyre has a history that serves as a behind-the-scenes tour of five decades of baseball. From Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford to Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry to Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, Stottlemyre connected generations of stars during a remarkable career. In his long-awaited autobiography, Stottlemyre tells his story in colorful detail, from his days as a rookie sensation on the last of the great Mantle teams to those as trusted pitching coach during the Joe Torre administration. Along the way he takes readers inside the clubhouses of champions—describing the defiance of the '86 Mets, from manager Davey Johnson on down, and recalling the true grit and selflessness that helped make Torre's Yankees a dynasty from 1996 to 2000.

Book Ambassadors in Pinstripes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas W. Zeiler
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Release : 2006-09-22
  • ISBN : 0742569837
  • Pages : 231 pages

Download or read book Ambassadors in Pinstripes written by Thomas W. Zeiler and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2006-09-22 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired and led by sporting magnate Albert Goodwill Spalding, two teams of baseball players circled the globe for six months in 1888-1889 competing in such far away destinations as Australia, Sri Lanka and Egypt. These players, however, represented much more than mere pleasure-seekers. In this lively narrative, Zeiler explores the ways in which the Spalding World Baseball Tour drew on elements of cultural diplomacy to inject American values and power into the international arena. Through his chronicle of baseball history, games, and experiences, Zeiler explores expressions of imperial dreams through globalization's instruments of free enterprise, webs of modern communication and transport, cultural ordering of races and societies, and a strident nationalism that galvanized notions of American uniqueness. Spalding linked baseball to a U.S. presence overseas, viewing the world as a market ripe for the infusion of American ideas, products and energy. Through globalization during the Gilded Age, he and other Americans penetrated the globe and laid the foundation for an empire formally acquired just a decade after their tour.

Book Power and Pinstripes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jeff Mangold
  • Publisher : Triumph Books
  • Release : 2021-06-08
  • ISBN : 1641256168
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book Power and Pinstripes written by Jeff Mangold and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look inside the inner sanctum of the Steinbrenner era Yankees No team in American sports has as storied a history as the New York Yankees, winners of 27 World Series. As the strength and conditioning coach for the Yankees for parts of three decades, Jeff Mangold?was firmly embedded ?in building the dynasty of the 1990s and 2000s.? In?Power and Pinstripes, Mangold shares priceless stories from his 14 seasons behind the scenes in the Bronx. Mangold had a front-row seat to the daily drama of George Steinbrenner's revolving door of managers—Yogi Berra, Billy Martin, and Lou Piniella—in the 1980s. Then, when he returned to the Yankees in 1998, he joined a juggernaut of a team and was tasked with maintaining the health of a star-studded roster including the Core Four of Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Andy?Pettitte, and Mariano Rivera.? Mangold shares personal tales of finding his way with stars like Dave Winfield and Ron Guidry, motivating personalities like David Wells, and facing a thorny challenge that later became a scandal when Roger Clemens and other Yankees arrived at?spring training with their own personal strength coaches in tow.? Yankees fans will not want to miss this unique perspective on a the franchise during one of baseball's most exciting and controversial eras.

Book Gator

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  • Author : Ron Guidry
  • Publisher : Crown Archetype
  • Release : 2018-03-20
  • ISBN : 0451499301
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Gator written by Ron Guidry and published by Crown Archetype. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary New York Yankees pitcher Ron Guidry recounts his years playing for one of the most storied and celebrated teams in sports history--the world champion New York Yankees during their heyday in the Bronx Zoo years, with manic manager Billy Martin, headline loving owner George Steinbrenner, and an ego-driven all-star cast that included everyone from slugger Reggie Jackson and All star catcher Thurman Munson to Cy Young Award winners Sparky Lyle and Catfish Hunter. Ron Guidry, known as Gator and Louisiana Lightning to his teammates, quickly rose in 1977 to become the ace of the Yankees' stellar pitching staff, helping the team regarded as the most famous and notorious in Yankee history win the World Series. In 1978, he went 25-3 with a 1.74 ERA and won the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in baseball, helping to bring home the Yankees' second straight World Series championship. A four-time All Star and five-time Golden Glove winner, he played from 1976 to 1988, served as the Yankees' captain in the 1980s, and remains one of the greatest pitchers in Yankee history. In Gator, Guidry takes us inside the clubhouse to tell us what it was like to play amidst the chaos and almost daily confrontations between Billy Martin and George Steinbrenner, Martin's altercations with star slugger Reggie "the straw that stirs the drink" Jackson. He talks poignantly about the death of Thurman Munson in 1979, and the impact that had on Ron and on the club. He tells stories about players like Lou Pinella, Willie Randolph, Bucky Dent, Catfish Hunter, Chris Chambliss, and Mickey Rivers, and coach Yogi Berra (who in 1984 became the Yankees' manager) and Elston Howard.

Book The Ransom of the Jews

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  • Author : Radu Ioanid
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2021-06-23
  • ISBN : 1538140756
  • Pages : 433 pages

Download or read book The Ransom of the Jews written by Radu Ioanid and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 1948, the 370,000 Jews of Romania who survived the Holocaust became one of the main sources of immigration for the new state of Israel as almost all left their homeland to settle in Palestine and Israel. Romania's decision to allow its Jews to leave was baldly practical: Israel paid for them, and Romania wanted influence in the Middle East. For its part, Israel was rescuing a community threatened by economic and cultural extinction and at the same time strengthening itself with a massive infusion of new immigrants. Radu Ioanid traces the secret history of the longest and most expensive ransom arrangement in recent times, a hidden exchange that lasted until the fall of the Communist regime. Including a wealth of recently declassified documents from the archives of the Romanian secret police, this updated edition follows Israel’s long and expensive ransom arrangement with Communist Romania. Ioanid uncovers the elaborate mechanisms that made it successful for decades, the shadowy figures responsible, and the secret channels of communication and payment. As suspenseful as a Cold-War thriller, his book tells the full, startling story of an unprecedented slave trade.

Book Temesv  r

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  • Author : Arpad Szoczi
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Release : 2013-03-05
  • ISBN : 147597888X
  • Pages : 340 pages

Download or read book Temesv r written by Arpad Szoczi and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Egyre kritikusábbá vált a helyzete Tokés Lászlónak, a legismertebb romániai ellenzékinek. A temesvári református lelkész hétrol hétre népes gyülekezet elott beszélt az országban tapasztalható elviselhetetlen életkörülményekrol és a rettegett román titkosrendorség, a Securitate terrorjáról. A diktatúrával való ilyen nyílt szembeszegülés példa nélküli volt Romániában. A renitenst sürgosen el kellett hallgattatni. Ám a hatalomnak elovigyázatosnak kellett lennie, hiszen nyugaton is figyelemmel követték a lelkipásztor sorsát. Az események drámai fordulatot vettek, amikor egy észak-amerikai magyar emigráns csoport két kanadait küldött Temesvárra, hogy videóinterjút készítsenek Tokéssel. A dátum 1989. március 20. A titokban leforgatott interjúnak végzetes következményei lettek – mind a lelkész, mind az egész ország számára.

Book Pennants   Pinstripes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ray Robinson
  • Publisher : Studio
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780670892143
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Pennants Pinstripes written by Ray Robinson and published by Studio. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether readers love them or hate them, they are the most storied team in baseball history with 26 World Series championships. To commemorate their historic 100th year, the authors have pulled together a striking volume illuminating all of the greatest moments of the Bronx Bombers. 175 photos.

Book Pinstripe Empire

Download or read book Pinstripe Empire written by Marty Appel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of the world's greatest baseball team—with an all new afterword by the author.

Book The 100 Years in Pinstripes

Download or read book The 100 Years in Pinstripes written by New York Daily News and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful keepsake highlights the people and moments which have defined Yankees baseball throughout the years, from Babe Ruth's 61 home runs and the '27 Yankees, to Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, to the Mantle-Maris home run race, the Yankees dynasty in the late 1990s, and the latter years of the Core Four giving way to the current crop of stars. Historic newspaper columns and front pages accompany an unbeatable selection of both celebrated and rare photos, making for the ultimate tribute to the singular culture and heritage of this franchise.

Book Targeted as a Spy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ernest H. Latham Jr.
  • Publisher : Histria Books
  • Release : 2023-01-10
  • ISBN : 1592112560
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book Targeted as a Spy written by Ernest H. Latham Jr. and published by Histria Books. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of surveillance reports that Dr. Latham obtained from the Romanian archives following the collapse of the Communist regime. They reveal the extent of the surveillance to which Western diplomats were subjected and, more importantly, they reveal a great deal about the system and society that conducted it.Latham' s introduction provides the context of his work and Romanian conditions at that time. This book is essential reading for students of the Cold War as well as anyone interested in the mindset and methods of totalitarian regimes.

Book Red Mansions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cynthia Drew
  • Publisher : SCB Distributors
  • Release : 2014-05-01
  • ISBN : 1564747816
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book Red Mansions written by Cynthia Drew and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After her first husband is presumed killed in World War I, milliner Carsie Levy marries Chat Nussbaum and together with Carsie's daughters, Sarit and Sophia, they settle into a quiet routine. But between the World Wars life outside the walls of the Nussbaum's red brick mansion on New York City's East 66 th Street is anything but quiet-the politics and pace of the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression contrive in ways Carsie cannot imagine to wrest her of her family, her business and, ultimately, her sanity.

Book Bleeding Pinstripes

Download or read book Bleeding Pinstripes written by Filip Bondy and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2005-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bleeding Pinstripes is a unique, anthropological view of this most dedicated tribe of rooters?their rituals, their personal tribulations, their uncanny commitment to the Bronx ball clu . and to each other. You will meet an assortment of Bleacher Creatures, characters of a very different sort: Tina Lewis, the self-proclaimed Queen of the Bleachers, a spirited cancer survivor, and the chief lobbyist for Section 39; Donald Simpson, a 9/11 victim and the bleachers? only known millionaire; Milton Ousland, the only bleacher fan authorized to bang the cowbell during Yankee games; Bald Vinny, the ultimate T-shirt entrepreneur and a good-natured hustler who has made a living off his passion; and Luis Castillo, the Yankee clubhouse attendant and the insider who started out as just another Creature in the bleachers.

Book Before the Machine

Download or read book Before the Machine written by Mark Schmetzer and published by Clerisy Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Big Red Machine dominated major league baseball in the 1970s, but the Cincinnati franchise began its climb to that pinnacle in 1961, when an unlikely collection of cast-offs and wannabes stunned the baseball world by winning the National League pennant. Led by revered manager Fred Hutchinson, the team featured rising stars like Frank Robinson, Jim O’Toole, and Vada Pinson, fading stars like Gus Bell and Wally Post, and a few castoffs who suddenly came into their own, like Gene Freese and 20-game-winner Joey Jay. In time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their pennant-winning season, the amazing story of the “Ragamuffin Reds” is told from start to finish in Before the Machine. Written by long-time Reds Report editor Mark J. Schmetzer and featuring dozens of photos by award-winning photographer Jerry Klumpe of the Cincinnati Post & Times Star, this book surely will be a winner with every fan in Reds country and coincides with an anniversary exhibit at the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum. Through interviews and research, Before the Machine captures the excitement of a pennant race for a team that had suffered losing seasons in 14 of the past 16 years. Schmetzer also beautifully evokes the time and place—a muggy Midwestern summer during which, as the new song of the season boasts, “the whole town’s batty for that team in Cincinnati.” Led by regional talk-show star Ruth Lyons (the Midwest’s “Oprah”) fans rallied around the Reds as never before. The year didn’t begin well for the team. Budding superstar Frank Robinson was arrested right before spring training for carrying a concealed weapon, and long-time owner Powel Crosley Jr., died suddenly just days before the start of the season. Few experts—or fans—gave the Reds much of a chance at first place anyway. With powerhouse teams in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Milwaukee, the National League pennant was unlikely to fly over Cincinnati’s Crosley Field. But manager Hutchinson somehow galvanized his motley crew and led them to victory after victory. Joey Jay, who had languished with the Braves, mowed down hitters while his rotation mates O’Toole and knuckleballer Bob Purkey did the same. The team also featured a dynamic duo in the bullpen in Bill Henry and Jim Brosnan, whose book about the season, Pennant Race, became a national bestseller the following year. As the rest of the league kept waiting for the Reds to fade, Hutch’s boys kept winning—and finally grabbed the pennant. Though they couldn’t continue their magic in the World Series against the Yankees, the previously moribund Reds franchise did continue to their success throughout the decade, winning 98 games in 1962 and falling just short of another pennant in 1964. They established a recipe for success that would lead, a few years later, to the emergence of the Big Red Machine.

Book 1921

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lyle Spatz
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 2010-04-01
  • ISBN : 0803229941
  • Pages : 538 pages

Download or read book 1921 written by Lyle Spatz and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the dawn of the roaring twenties, baseball was struggling to overcome two of its darkest moments: the death of a player during a Major League game and the revelations of the 1919 Black Sox scandal. At this critical juncture for baseball, two teams emerged to fight for the future of the game. They were also battling for the hearts and minds of New Yorkers as the city rose in dramatic fashion to the pinnacle of the baseball world. "1921" captures this crucial moment in the history of baseball, telling the story of a season that pitted the New York Yankees against their Polo Grounds landlords and hated rivals, John McGraw's Giants, in the first all-New York Series and resulted in the first American League pennant for the now-storied Yankees' franchise. Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg recreate the drama that featured the charismatic Babe Ruth in his assault on baseball records in the face of McGraw's disdain for the American League and the Ruth-led slugging style. Their work evokes the early 1920s with the words of renowned sportswriters such as Damon Runyon, Grantland Rice, and Heywood Broun. With more than fifty photographs, the book offers a remarkably vivid picture of the colorful characters, the crosstown rivalry, and the incomparable performances that made this season a classic.