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Summary: Not as Advertised
Review: I find the hyperbole of all these other reviews highly misleading and found this book to be quite different than I expected. This book is a small, inelegant smorgasborg of Yankee trivia and thumbnails of history spiced with a number of poorly reproduced photographs. There is very little here which isn't found elsewhere, often in a much better form. I almost wonder if this is the same book everyone else read. As Simon says, "Dreadful."
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Summary: WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF MANY GREAT YANKEE MEMORIES
Review: I grew up in Central New Jersey and have always been an avid Yankee fan. I played baseball at Rutgers University and also played a couple of seasons in the Cubs farm system before hanging up my cleats for good.I moved to Boston about 3 years ago when my wife and I got married. The thought of living in the shadow of the Green Monster was not initially appealing, however I love heading out to Fenway to cheer on the visiting team. I typically catch 7 or 8 of the Yankee/Sox games each year and another 15 to 20 additional contests. My wife recently purchased A YANKEE CENTURY as a Christmas gift. I love reading the book, it takes me back to where I was during different stages of my life.
The book is a wonderful collection of so many great Yankee memories. - - -Douglas Alongi
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Summary: AHEAD OF ALL THE YANKEE BOOKS OUT THERE
Review: I have read other books by the prolific Harvey Frommer - -the New York Yankee Encyclopedia, It Happened in Manhattan,etc. Here he has out-done himself. There is so much on every page - stats, anecdotes, historical info, just an incredible writing and research job that puts this ahead of all the other Yankee books out there
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Summary: ...******WELL WORTH THE PRICE!!!
Review: I saw my first game in 1934 at the Polo Grounds. Through the years I have lost most of my interest. The game and the players just aren't the same, maybe it's just old age. But I've just read (almost every detail) A YANKEE CENTURY. Great job. It's certainly worth more than the [$$] shown on the front flap: change it to [$$]
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Summary: Another fine Frommer Book
Review: If you are a Yankee Fan like myself you probably have a lot of Yankees related books in your collection. Chances are that Harvey Frommer wrote more than one of them. Mr. Frommer, a life long Yankees fan wrote for Yankees Magazine for sixteen years. He also wrote more than thirty Sports books including The New York Yankee Encyclopedia and New York City Baseball. Recnetly he commemorated the Yankees 100th Season with his latest "A Yankee Century. Given 5 Stars by BehindtheBombers.com This book is the perfect companion for the encyclopedia. It is written so that you can bounce from one topic to the next. It starts you out by looking at a chronological look at the Yankees first 100 years. It takes your from the birth of the Bambino to the dedication of Reggie Jackson's plaque in Monument Park. What is your favorite moment in Yankees History? Chapter 2 looks at them all and the perfect way to trigger your Yankee memories, both good and bad. The book continues with a Who's Who that cover just about everyone you could think of and a few you couldn't. Then a new twist is added when Harvey Frommer looks back at some of the great and not so great Yankee teams of the century. Babe Ruth was known as the Sultan of Swat and Mickey Mantle was know as the Commerce Comet. But who what the Brooklyn Schoolboy? Bruiser? Or Dial a Deal? Well all those answers can be found in this book. Although the Bombers were the first team to wear uniform numbers the next section, "By The Numbers" is more than that. For instance what does the number 4 mean to the Yankees? The most balks in a game by Vic Raschi on May 3, 1950. It is also Casey's streak of managing losing All Star games (1950 to 1953). And of course it is Lou Gehrig's uniform number. There is a section on Yankee trivia entitled 100 Question Yankee Quiz. This quiz separates the men from the boys and the women from the girls. It covers the ridiculous to the sublime. See just how good a fan you are. What Yankee Book would be complete without a section where you can find lists, charts, Yankee Firsts, Yankee Lasts, Yankee Longests and much much more. With an introduction by Yankee favorite Paul O'Neill what more can you ask for. This definitive compilation captures the Yankee tradition in words, stats and photographs. It is the Yankees at your fingertips. It is light reading or something you won't want to put down. A perfect gift for the Yankee fan but buy two you wont want to give it away.
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Summary: How about that, folks?
Review: In the northeast, the winter of 2003-2004 will be remembered as one of the snowiest, iciest, coldest and dreariest in recent memory. A YANKEE CENTURY was the perfect cure for those miserable days. Filled with the baseball history that took place on the sun-drenched field of Yankee Stadium, Harvey Frommer has provided us Yankee [and most baseball] fans with a warm nostalgia and a good feeling for the springs and summers to come. With equal parts statistics and anecdote, the book is a well-balanced exploration into the most successful sports franchise in history. Peppered with wonderful photos (some that I had never seen before), this 400+ page book moves swiftly. The writing is respectful without becoming sentimental. And Paul O'Neill, who I will always remember as our favorite water-cooler kicking hothead, proves to be a sensitive and articulate commentator. Congratulations to both writers. A YANKEE CENTURY is a great exploration into the Bronx Bombers, and by extension, to the history of 20th century baseball itself.
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Summary: AWESOME!!!
Review: LIKE THE BACK OF THE BOOK SAYS "IF YOU LOVE BASEBALL, IF YOU LOVE THE NEW YORK YANKEES- YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK." PAUL O'NEILL
TRULY ONE OF THE BEST NEW BOOKS TO COME OUT ON THE YANKEES. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO THE DIE-HARD YANKEE FAN.
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Summary: GREAT, GREAT. BASEBALLOGY.COM
Review: New York Yankees are the most popular, successful and enduring franchise in any sport. With all the amazing history that they have, can it be summed up in one book? The answer is no but this book does a great job of giving you a lot of their history in one book. The beauty of this book is the little things, the attention that Harvey Frommer gave each page and each section. He listed so many facts in this book that any baseball fan would find this a great read. The book has great quotes, timelines, short stories, player bios, full breakdowns of great records like the Joe DiMaggio hitting streak and when Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's record (the breakdown of Ruth's 60 is in the book too!). The quotes are great too and there is a lot of information in this book that has never been seen before like Mickey Mantle's Hall of Fame speech! The nickname section is priceless and all of them are explained in good detail. The pictures are well above average too as you will see a younger Casey Stengel, Thurman Munson, Ruth, Mantle, Maris, and Mel Allen. That's right even the great announcers that have worked for the Yankees over the years get their moment in the sun too. Expect a lot of Billy Martin mentions and Yogi-isms in this Yankee treasure. There are also mentions of movies and really anything that has happened to the Bronx Bombers like Yankee Firsts and Lasts. And this book even has every manager to ever put on the pinstripes. This book will cost you just over twenty dollars, but for the money you get a ton of baseball knowledge so it is well worth it.Buy A Yankee Century Now
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Summary: GREAT!! - - A New York Yankees extravaganza
Review: SPORTSBIZ
A 400 page plus New York Yankees extravaganza!!
If you're a Yankee fan, you've got to pick it up. It has everything - - lists, quotes, profiles, sketches, great game, teams, personalities. A true celebration of the Yankees. Very interesting.
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Summary: IRRESISTIBLE! . IRRESISTIBLE! .
Review: The Olympian A Yankee Century" ($16, Berkley). Baseball's spring training does not truly reside in the deserts of Arizona or near the sands and swamps of Florida. It resides in the hearts and minds of children-turned-adults, who carry with them years of baseball lore and feelings (rational or not) of intense rivalry. So the paperback version of "A Yankee Century" is just the ticket for warming up to the first crack of the bat. As one raised on the Baltimore Orioles, I can do nothing else but hate (rationally or not) the Yankees. That said, 100 years of Yankee baseball is a walk through much of baseball history. Harvey Frommer's book covers so many of the details that fans love to savor that it's irresistible. Frommer stays out of the statistic pit (although there are plenty of numbers), instead making a winning delivery out of stories and quotes that will help baseball fans stay sane on a rainy late-January afternoon. The Olympian, Olympia Washington
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