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Summary: DELICIOUS! LIKE A KING SIZE WHITMAN SAMPLER
Review: A Yankee Century may at first glance seem like a special interest book, and it will indeed appeal particularly to Yankee fans. However, because of their sheer dominance--it really was their century--the history of the Yankees is to a unique extent a history of baseball in general. Where 100 years of a team like the Reds would inevitably have vast dry patches, we all know and rooted vigorously for or against the Yankees of many different eras. Thus while there are delights in store for the fanatic--like the fact that Babe Ruth by himself had more homeruns (60) in 1927 than the 2nd place team (the A's with 56) or that when Grover Cleveland Alexander had his legendary confrontation with Tony Lazzeri, the Yankee was just 22 years old, just a kid really--no one who follows the game will have trouble finding material here that interests them. Mr. Frommer has included copious illustrations and the book is broken up into a wide variety of sections, from quizzes to profiles to statistics. This makes the book very accessible and, in the best sense, putdownable. It's a book that you want to delve into a bit at a time and to skip around in, rather than to read in one sitting. It's like a king-size Whitman Sampler.
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Summary: A BOOK TO PLEASE YANKEE FANS
Review: A Yankee Century should please Yankee loyalists and haters. Sure. Frommer goes over the Pinstripe greats and all of the 26 World Championships, but he also has fun selecting the worst Yankee teams of all time.
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Summary: INFORMATION SECOND TO NONE ********
Review: Absolutely fantastic! I'm very glad that I can add it to my ever-growing baseball library. As an Art Director, the layout and design was very simple and elegant (classy) - just they way it should be. As a Yankees fanatic, the information is second to none and as an aspiring baseball writer the book was inspirational. -Michael Aubrecht
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Summary: IRRESISTIBLE! . IRRESISTIBLE! .
Review: As a life-long fan of The New York Yankees (40 years), this book is a must have for a Yankee fan, or any baseball fan to get real insights to all aspects of the team. Covered in the book is not only the great teams and moments of the Bombers, but also their low points and details of the worst Yankee teams ( such as 1912, 1966, 1990) . This book is not so much a "rah-rah" team book (there is already an ample supply of those!) but a "warts and all" book - highlight and lowlights - quotes from Yankee players, managers, owners, as well as opposing players and umpires. Great reading for all that purchase this book!
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Summary: **Another HISTORIC BASEBALL BOOK BY FROMMER
Review: BOOK REVIEW: A YANKEE CENTURY
By Tony McClean
BLACK ATHLETE SPORTS NETWORK BRISTOL, CONN---Earlier this year, you may have read a book review I wrote on the historic relationship between Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson. That book was penned by noted baseball writer and historian Harvey Frommer. Prof. Frommer has since come out with another historic baseball book, this time about the sport's most celebrated franchise. Frommer, who authored "The New York Yankee Encloypedia", has now penned "A Yankee Century: A Celebration of the First 100 Years of Baseball's Greatest Team". Not only does Frommer give an oral history of the Pinstripes, but there are several rare photos of Yankee greats past and present. From Babe Ruth to Derek Jeter, Lou Gehrig to Reggie Jackson, and all those in between, "A Yankee Century" is keepsake dream for fans of the Bronx Bombers and a nightmare for Yankee haters all over. Even though this review is being written by a lifelong Met fan, I found this to be a very entertaining read. One of the things that was enjoyable about the book is how Frommer has separate "Yankee Stories" on the well-known and lesser known ex-Yankees. A humble Chris Chambliss talks about coming over from the lowly Cleveland Indians in a 1975 and then winning the pennant with a dramatic homer in the 1976 ALCS against the Royals. Frommer also writes about the plight of Elston Howard, the first Black to play for the Yankees. His struggles on and off the field are chronicled along with a review of his very understated career as a player and coach. The breathtaking and sometimes tumulous career of Reggie Jackson in pinstripes is also well chronicled. "Mr. October" had one of the greatest moments in Yankee history when he hit three homers in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series. At the time, it gave the Yanks their first World Series title in 13 seasons and he would help them go back to the next season. Among some of the other African American players that are featured in Prof. Frommer's book are Jeter, current third base coach and ex-captain Willie Randolph, Bernie Williams, and Hall of Famer Dave Winfield. The book also includes a comprehensive trivia quiz, quotes, anecdotes, and other entertaining features for all baseball fans, Yankee or otherwise. If you know a true Yankee fan, it's a great addition to their library. If you know a true Yankee hater, this will be a best way to start an arguement.
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Summary: ...*A JOY TO READ, great!
Review: From the introduction by erstwhile Yankee rightfielder Paul O'Neill to the pages of famous and infamous quotes, to the lists of firsts and feats and statistics, Harvey Frommer's A Yankee Century ... is a joy to read. Frommer includes not only the accomplishments that have made the Yankees the most successful franchise in the history of professional sport (26 World Series titles, more Hall-of-Famers and retired numbers than any other team) but also the more dubious accomplishments (the embarrassing last-place finishes, off-color quotes and pre-mature trades, especially early in the Steinbrenner Era). The book allots the reader a view from almost any imaginable perspective: A timeline and a separate list of memorable moments, to review the details of specific occurrences; a history of Yankee Stadium, the shrine at which every New York boy's major league hopes are or were once laid; a who's who and discussion of the best and worst teams, the heroes every kid growing up around the Big Apple idolized; even lists of nicknames, significances of certain numbers, and a 100-question Yankee quiz. (I got a 72% - pretty sad - but I'm gonna study and re-apply next week!)
What This Book Is: A Yankee Century is well written. An Ivy-League professor, who ought to be able to convey his thoughts well, Frommer makes the book enjoyable by making it simultaneously eloquent and readable. Its sections fall in more-than-manageable chunks, making it easy to read through, or to take in small sections, as time allows. Like, in the bathroom, for instance. Numerous black and white photographs grace the pages, adding to the sense of nostalgia, reminding you both how handsome Mickey Mantle was and how funny Bernie Williams looked with those big old square glasses. It even contains nifty little surprises like a dictionary for interpreting Casey Stengel's verbal diarrhea and the entire text of Mickey Mantle's Hall of Fame acceptance speech. My wife will tell you that I know everything about baseball and about the Yankees (She's wrong, of course, but I like to let her believe it) and even I learned a few things from A Yankee Century.
What This Book Is Not: Frommer seems to know quite a lot about baseball, both from the historical/human interest side and from the statistical analysis side of things. While he uses and cites a lot of numbers, this is not a sabermetric book. Only occasionally does he make reference to things like slugging percentage or home run ratio, but of course, this isn't necessary for such a work. Despite the great B&W photos, this is not really a picture book. The focus is much more on the writing, and the liberal but tasteful use of pictures never becomes overwhelming.
A Yankee Century makes a great coffee table book for the old Yankee fan to reminisce, the young Yankee fan to marvel, or the aspiring baseball fan to help solidify his choice of the greatest baseball team to follow in history.
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Summary: TRULY ENJOYABLE YANKEE READING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: FROM: Steve Powers, THE SPORTSPAGE.COM. DALLAS,TEXAS,
'A Yankee Century,' by Harvey Frommer (Berkley, $26.95). The book commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Yankees. Anecdotes recounting great moments in Yankees history, such as Dave Righetti's no-hitter in 1983 and Mickey Mantle's tape-measure home run in 1953. I truly enjoyed reading through this book and even those who aren't Yankees fans may enjoy it.
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Summary: A TERRIFIC BOOK
Review: From:
Radio Sport 927 in Melbourne, Australia.
Big Sports Breakfast, Kevin Bartlett "A YANKEE CENTURY" is the greatest thing. It is such a fantastic book. If you want to learn all you need to know about the New York Yankees, their 100th anniversary this is definitely the book for you."
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Summary: SENSATION STUFF ON EACH AND EVERY PAGE!
Review: HARVEY FROMMER PROBABLY KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE YANKEES THAN ANY AUTHOR AROUND. FROM THE MARCH OF YANKEE TIME,A DATE BOOK, REALLY, THROUGH IN DEPTH PROFILES OF TEAMS AND PLAYERS AND PERSONALITIES, THROUGH ALL KINDS OF LISTS, NUMBERS, STATS -- THIS IS THE YANKEE BOOK OF ALL YANKEE BOOKS. I HAVE READ HARVEY FROMMER'S NEW YORK YANKEE ENCYCLOPEDIA. HE HAS OUT-DONE HIMSELF HERE. THERE IS A LOT TO SAVOR, TO STUDY, TO ENJOY. THIS IS A BOOK TO GIVE AS A GIFT OR KEEP FOR YOURSELF
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Summary: Somewhat Disappointing
Review: I don't think this book is quite what I thought it would be from the description and reviews. It's not really a history of the team at all but a lot of lists and stories and quotes and stats. Some are interesting but others aren't. Although the book has plenty of pictures they are printed awfully small and the paper is sort of thin so the pictures bleed through from one page to the next, which makes it sort of distracting to read. And even though it is more than 400 pages the print is quite large, which makes the book feel like it was written for young adults.
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