Download or read book Babe s Place The Lives of Yankee Stadium written by Michael P. Wagner and published by Michael Wagner. This book was released on 2021-10-02 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BABE'S PLACE: THE LIVES OF YANKEE STADIUM showcases 91 general photos pertaining to the stadium and events, 133 color 1970's renovation photos, and 28 black and white renovation photos. Photos and history of the building of Yankee Stadium in the 1920's are also covered. This book also includes photos and text of the Yankees in Shea Stadium in 1974 and 1975. Nearly all of the photos in BABE'S PLACE are in color. Author and historian, Michael Wagner, spent 10 years on this project, and has revealed many never-before-seen pictures and other information that any baseball fan will enjoy. Few books have ever been written in as much detail to cover the 1970's Yankee Stadium renovation and that have captured as much detail about New York Yankees baseball history. This book is groundbreaking in details, insights, and history. Over 200 former baseball players, umpires, and baseball executives express their opinions of the renovation of Yankee Stadium. Come relive history today in BABE'S PLACE: THE LIVES OF YANKEE STADIUM.
Download or read book Babe s Place the Lives of Yankee Stadium written by Michael Wagner and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long awaited New York Yankees/Yankee Stadium history paperback book is finally here! Featuring 620 pages, "BABE'S PLACE: THE LIVES OF YANKEE STADIUM," showcases 91 general photos pertaining to the stadium and events, and 162 1970's renovation photos. Photos and history of the building of the New York Yankees and the building of Yankee Stadium in the 1920's are also covered. Do you know how the Yankees got their name, or that inventor Thomas Edison supplied the super-hard Portland cement for Yankee Stadium? These and many other fascinating facts about the greatest team in the history of sports are answered in this book.Nearly 100 pages of text detail the historic renovation of America's most famous ballpark from October 1973 thru June of 1976. Another 86 pages are covered in interviews and information of people who worked on this historic project. Almost all books regarding the history of Yankee Stadium barely mention the renovation of Yankee Stadium, and have maybe one photograph of this endeavor. "Babe's Place" answers the many questions baseball fans have had of this project.This book also includes photos and text of the Yankees in Shea Stadium in 1974 and 1975. Author and historian, Michael Wagner, spent 13 years on this project, and has revealed many never-before-seen pictures and other information that any baseball fan will enjoy. No book has ever been written in as much detail to cover the 1970's Yankee Stadium renovation. "BABE'S PLACE" is groundbreaking in details, insights, and history. Over 200 former baseball players, umpires, and baseball executives express their opinions of the renovation of Yankee Stadium. Many former baseball players and umpires have also expressed their opinion about the demolition of Yankee Stadium in 2010. For more information, go to www.babes-place.com or www.historyoftheyankees.com
Download or read book Babe Ruth s Incredible Records and the 44 Players Who Broke Them written by John A. Mercurio and published by SP Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one changed baseball's record book like Babe Ruth. Some of the Babe's incredible career records may stand forever, though many of his single-season records were finally topped by modern era giants. Find out if anyone's knocked in more RBIs than Ruth in a season and more in this book of stats, photos, and lore.
Download or read book The Medical Lives of History s Famous People written by William James Maloney and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook “ Medical Lives of History`s Famous People” highlights the consequences of numerous medical concerns of historical individuals. It also discusses in depth how the public lives of famous people were strongly affected due to their medical conditions. The contents of this book include chapters on the historical facts concerning Babe Ruth`s heroic battle with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, the Oral Cancer of Sigmund Freud, Celiac disease: The Cause of President John F. Kennedy`s life long medical travails, Porphyria: The cause of the madness of King George; Hemophilia: The Royal disease and much more. This book is a valuable resource for MSc and PhD students, academic personnel and researchers seeking updated and critically important information on medical and mental ailments. The book gives a detailed exposure of the medical issues of the famous people which will give benefit to the readers in their daily life.
Download or read book The Diamond in the Bronx written by Neil J. Sullivan and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No sport has mattered more to Americans than baseball--and no team has had a greater impact on baseball than the New York Yankees. Now Neil Sullivan delivers a narrative worthy of his fabled subject, in this marvelous history of Yankee Stadium. Fans have a box-seat at the Stadium's first Opening Day: The stunning visual impact of the baseball's first true stadium, the festivities, the players (including Babe Ruth who christened the Stadium with its first home run), and the game in which the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1. The Stadium was immediately known as "The House That Ruth Built," but Sullivan takes us behind the scenes to meet the politicians, businessmen and fixers who were even more responsible for the Stadium than the Babe was: Colonel Jacob Ruppert, the beer baron and Tammany Hall insider who bought the Yankees and built the Stadium; Mayors like Jimmy Walker who reigned during the Yankees first Golden Age, John Lindsay who fought hard for liberal causes in the 1960s but even harder for a refurbished Stadium, and Rudy Giuliani, who has taken a hard-nosed approach to most welfare but who supports a stadium subsidy for the Yankees. Here too are the great seasons including the cross town World Series rivalries with the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Sullivan looks at the legendary players like Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle as well as lesser lights like Jake Powell to see their impact beyond the diamond. Along the way, Sullivan uses the story of the Stadium to examine issues ranging from racial integration and urban renewal to the reasons why New York City, even during tough times, has come to adopt the Stadium as a public obligation. Neil Sullivan knows baseball and city politics and the connections between the two. In these pages, he tells how Yankee Stadium is not just the most revered venue in American sports, but also a part of urban history as compelling as the grandest baseball legend.
Download or read book Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty First Century An Encyclopedia written by Steven A. Riess and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 2636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique new reference work, this encyclopedia presents a social, cultural, and economic history of American sports from hunting, bowling, and skating in the sixteenth century to televised professional sports and the X Games today. Nearly 400 articles examine historical and cultural aspects of leagues, teams, institutions, major competitions, the media and other related industries, as well as legal and social issues, economic factors, ethnic and racial participation, and the growth of institutions and venues. Also included are biographical entries on notable individuals—not just outstanding athletes, but owners and promoters, journalists and broadcasters, and innovators of other kinds—along with in-depth entries on the history of major and minor sports from air racing and archery to wrestling and yachting. A detailed chronology, master bibliography, and directory of institutions, organizations, and governing bodies—plus more than 100 vintage and contemporary photographs—round out the coverage.
Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1958-09-29 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Download or read book Babe Ruth and the Creation of the Celebrity Athlete written by Thomas Barthel and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-07-25 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his first year in the majors, George Herman "Babe" Ruth knew he could profit from celebrity. Babe Ruth Cigars in 1915 marked his first attempt to cash in. Traded to the Yankees in 1920, he soon signed with Christy Walsh, baseball's first publicity agent. Walsh realized that stories of great deeds in sports were a commodity, and in 1921 sold Ruth's ghostwritten byline to a newspaper syndicate for $15,000 ($187,000 today). Ruth hit home runs while Walsh's writers made him a hero, crafting his public image as a lovable scalawag. Were the stories true? It didn't matter--they sold. Many survive but have never been scrutinized until now. Drawing on primary sources, this book examines the stories, separating exaggerated facts from clear falsehoods. This book traces Ruth's ascendance as the first great media-created superstar and celebrity product endorser.
Download or read book 101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out written by Josh Pahigian and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand new edition of the finalist for the 2008 Casey Award, presented annually to the best baseball book, 101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out profiles America’s greatest baseball museums, shrines, sports bars, pop culture landmarks and ballpark sites. From sandlots and skyboxes to TV rooms and sports bars, America’s love for baseball has inspired countless memories, discussions, and tributes. Josh Pahigian takes us across America to explore the places where the game’s history, culture, and lore come to life. Whether we travel by car or sit in the comfort of our favorite armchair, the book guides us to 101 amazing baseball places—including Ted Williams’ boyhood home, the Field of Dreams movie site, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the Chicago bar where the Cubs’ “Curse of the Billy Goat” was born, Babe Ruth’s grave, and scores of other captivating landmarks and curios. Replacing the now-extinct sites from the previous edition, updating entries for attractions that have moved, re-assigning coveted chapters to more inspiring baseball venues that have since opened, and including stunning color photos for nearly all of them, Josh Pahigian has created the perfect gift for any baseball fan.
Download or read book One Last Time written by Ray Negron and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary New York Yankee players such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Casey Stengel return to Yankee Stadium for one more game on the hallowed field before it is torn down.
Download or read book The Yankee Encyclopedia written by Walter LeConte and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2003 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mr Deeds Goes to Yankee Stadium written by Wes D. Gehring and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrated film director Frank Capra was a central architect of the "feel good" movie genre now known as populism, which celebrates people, families, second chances, and other traditional American icons such as small town or pastoral life and baseball. Capra developed his own brand of populism by interweaving traditional values of the genre with a younger, more vulnerable hero starting with Mr. Deeds Goes to Town in 1936. The result, Capraesque populism, has had a significant influence on American pop culture in general and forms a small but important subgenre of baseball movie. This book examines eight of these Capraesque baseball films, starting with the all-important Pride of the Yankees (1942), which one admiring critic has called "Mr. Deeds Goes to Yankee Stadium." An introduction provides an overview of baseball and populism. Individual chapters are devoted to the populist legacy from Will Rogers (Capra's mentor) to Capra, The Pride of the Yankees, The Stratton Story, Angels in the Outfield, The Natural, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, Frequency and The Rookie.
Download or read book Latin Music 2 volumes written by Ilan Stavans and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This definitive two-volume encyclopedia of Latin music spans 5 centuries and 25 countries, showcasing musicians from Celia Cruz to Plácido Domingo and describing dozens of rhythms and essential themes. Eight years in the making, Latin Music: Musicians, Genres, and Themes is the definitive work on the topic, providing an unparalleled resource for students and scholars of music, Latino culture, Hispanic civilization, popular culture, and Latin American countries. Comprising work from nearly 50 contributors from Spain, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States, this two-volume work showcases how Latin music—regardless of its specific form or cultural origins—is the passionate expression of a people in constant dialogue with the world. The entries in this expansive encyclopedia range over topics as diverse as musical instruments, record cover art, festivals and celebrations, the institution of slavery, feminism, and patriotism. The music, traditions, and history of more than two dozen countries—such as Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Spain, and Venezuela—are detailed, allowing readers to see past common stereotypes and appreciate the many different forms of this broadly defined art form.
Download or read book Resting Places written by Scott Wilson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-08-19 with total page 887 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its third edition, this massive reference work lists the final resting places of more than 14,000 people from a wide range of fields, including politics, the military, the arts, crime, sports and popular culture. Many entries are new to this edition. Each listing provides birth and death dates, a brief summary of the subject's claim to fame and their burial site location or as much as is known. Grave location within a cemetery is provided in many cases, as well as places of cremation and sites where ashes were scattered. Source information is provided.
Download or read book Remembering Yankee Stadium written by Harvey Frommer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the 2008 season, each game played at the world’s most beloved stadium brought “The House That Ruth Built” closer to shutting its gates forever. Players envisioned running off the field one last time. Vendors anticipated selling their last bags of peanuts. Fans readied themselves to raise their voices in one final cheer. In Remembering Yankee Stadium, Harvey Frommer—one of the country’s leading baseball authorities—takes us on a journey through the stadium’s storied 85-year old history, from 1927’s unstoppable Murderers’ Row, to Joe DiMaggio’s unfathomable hitting streak, to Maris and Mantle’s thrilling race for the home-run record, to the hirings—and the firings—of Billy Martin, to Derek Jeter’s rise to greatness. The moments and the magic that filled this great stadium are brought alive again through dozens of interviews, a gripping narrative, and a priceless collection of photographs and memorabilia. As the new stadium steps into the forefront, the old ballpark across the street recedes into memory, taking with it the glory and grandeur, the history and heroics, the magic and the mystique of its nearly nine decade-long life. This book captures that time and is at once an album, a keepsake, and a record of its fabulous run.
Download or read book The Stadium written by Jon Plasse and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs and recollections of one of baseballs most storied icons. Through images and words, The Stadium brings to life the emotional and visual experience of the original Yankee Stadium, recalling a special time when children and their parents, joined by thousands of other fans, spent a joyful afternoon or evening together, watching their local heroes. Interspersed among photographer Jon Plasses black-and-white images of the original Yankee Stadium are the recollections of individuals whose lives were intimately connected to the ballpark: an umpire, an usher, a beer vendor, a souvenir merchandiser, and a fan. Together, photographs and text combine to invoke a fans memories of the sights and sounds of this beloved ballpark: waiting to buy tickets among throngs of fans, walking through dark cavernous hallways to the upper decks, seeing the dazzling outfield grass and the silky-smooth infield dirt, and listening to the roar of the crowd as the first batter steps up to the plate. The Stadium is a fitting tribute to one of baseballs most storied icons. Plasse has captured quiet, often intimate moments In The Stadium, the camera is focussed less on the game itself and more on the atmosphere the game creates. Rare are the sports photobooks that can personalize the deeply communal (some might say tribal) act of attending live sporting events, but this is certainly one. The New Yorker Belongs on your sports bookshelf. Harvey Frommer, author of Yankee Century and Beyond: A Celebration of the First Hundred Plus Years of Baseballs Greatest Team
Download or read book Ancestry magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancestry magazine focuses on genealogy for today’s family historian, with tips for using Ancestry.com, advice from family history experts, and success stories from genealogists across the globe. Regular features include “Found!” by Megan Smolenyak, reader-submitted heritage recipes, Howard Wolinsky’s tech-driven “NextGen,” feature articles, a timeline, how-to tips for Family Tree Maker, and insider insight to new tools and records at Ancestry.com. Ancestry magazine is published 6 times yearly by Ancestry Inc., parent company of Ancestry.com.
