I am almost certain I read that book.I grew up in the Midwest and was a fanatic of the Big Red Machine years, from 1970 through 1977 before they started breaking up the team, although I continue to follow them closely through 1981 or so. I also played: Little League, Pony League (Jr High), and Varsity for 2 years before injuries ended my so-called 'career'.
But back to the book ... my overall criticism of the book is that it was too contrived. Trying to fit all that was in it into the concept embodied in its title: The Yankee Way.
My fear is that those who will only know what is in the book could be persuaded that the author is speaking truths, when he is not.
Your posts about the Yankees brought to mind as to what is my favorite baseball book, "The Summer Game" by Roger Angell, a series of essays covering baseball from 1962 through 1971. It's a sentimental reminder of what baseball used to be, when it still had that mystique. Now? I don't care much for baseball anymore nor do I watch it. The mystique has been gone for a while, replaced by corporate greed and analytics.
My baseball interest is at its peak since in my early days as a Yankees fan living in New England I was only able to listen to games on radio (only seeing them on TV when they played The Red Sox) and with limited access to articles about them. Now I get all games on TV at any time I want to see them and have access to tons of written information about them.
I have a lot of current baseball books accessible to me but don't read that many. History / politics is more of an interest to read.
As I stated ... I went in quite excited to read the book on the Yankees that I just read. Unfortunately, it turned out to mainly an author's exercise of coming up with a story and then making everything somehow related to his purported story.
Statistics: Posted by yankees60 — Sat Jan 04, 2025 3:14 pm