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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN num: 9781932714418
ISBN number: 1932714413
Label: Savas Beatie
Manufacturer: Savas Beatie
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 240
Printing Date: September 01, 2008
Publishing house: Savas Beatie
Sale Popularity Level: 88297
Studio: Savas Beatie
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The very first MLB franchise to be featured in the new, exciting, and completely original Sports by the NumbersTM series!
THE TEAM: The New York Yankees is the greatest franchise in sports history with forty Hall of Fame legends, thirty-nine American League Pennants, twenty-six World Series titles, and the largest fan base in professional sports. The Sports by the NumbersTM franchise unlocks the storied history of the 'Bronx Bombers' by providing fans with a unique and captivating look at the legends who make us all dream of wearing pinstripes.
THE FORMAT: The presentation created by the authors distinguishes Sports by the NumbersTM from everything else available today. New York Yankees is composed of ten chapters, each offering one hundred numbered 'mini-stories'-facts, anomalies, records, coincidences, and enthralling lore and trivia. Each chapter begins with a stirring introduction highlighting the many exciting stories detailed in that chapter.
INTERACTIVE: Numerical entries tagged with SBTN-All Star and SBTN-Hall of Fame logos are scattered throughout this book. These logos indicate that more information is available at our website www.sportsbythenumbers.com. Just click on the athletic locker in the bottom right-hand corner of the homepage and acess additional reading material, audio and video clips, and more.
Sports by the NumbersTM books are not just for die-hard sports fans, but for every fan and sports history reader who loves sports and wants to know more about their heroes and favorite teams. They will quench any fan's thirst for entertainment and knowledge.
About the Authors: Daniel J. Brush is currently working on his Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma. David Horne is a professional educator and former high school athletic director currently pursuing his doctoral degree at the University of Oklahoma. Marc CB Maxwell is a Ph.D. student at the University of Oklahoma and is the author of Surviving Military Separation: 365 Days (Savas Beatie, 2007).
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Rated by buyers -
This is a fantastic book for all sports fans whether you are a
Yankees fan or not. It contains a tremendous amount of facts, stories and statistics all melded together in a very enjoyable and entertaining format.
No matter how much you know about baseball or the Yankees you will
learn much from the detailed research that went into this fun book.
This book is a must for all baseball fans.
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Don Mattingly is my all-time favorite Yankee, and I was glad to see that he got his own chapter intro in this book that offers a unique look at the history of the Bronx Bombers. All of the Hit Man's best numbers can be found in this book.
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This book proclaims that Yankee fans are "numbers junkies" because they boast 26 World Series titles and a host of other prominent numbers that are important not only to NYY history, but to baseball history in general -- and I happen to agree with the authors. I'm a baseball fan who tolerates NY most of the time, but I found this book to be very entertaining and the numbers, stories, and profiles of Yankee legends in this book were well worth reading. If you are not a Yankees fan you still have to admit that the Yankees' history and the history of baseball cannot be separated, which makes this book a must-read for anyone who likes to talk baseball stats and numbers.
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I'm the guy with a signed copy of the OU book, and by signed I mean by all three authors and Coach Stoops himself. So the only disappointment I had about the Yankees book is that, well, when I got it there were no signatures -- but I have to say, each book in this series seems to be getting better and better, and this Yankees book was fantastic. I'm an old man, to tell you the truth, and I remember when Mantle and Murcer and guys like Bench (yeah he was a Red but so what) came through here -- this part of the country bleeds for the Sooners, but we love our Yankees too. I have read a lot of books on both OU and the Yankees -- easily of the ones out right now these are my favorite, and I highly recommend anyone looking for holiday gifts to OU or Yankees fans to consider these items.
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I live in Athens and so those of us who are Yankees fans (of which I am one) usually keep it to ourselves. The past couple of years weren't so bad, with Atlanta really struggling -- but when the Braves were in the mix every year it was tough wearing pinstripes around here. With that said, I love this book. I love the unique format, of having 1,000 stories that correlate to 1,000 numbers -- usually in an obvious way, but often in some quirky or creative or mindboggling fashion as well. And I esepcially loved the chapter on Thurman Munson -- RIP Captain -- you are still loved and missed today. This is not your typically history book -- this is a fun sports history book. I pretty much guarantee you that if you have an obscure Yankee player in mind, you will still find him in this book -- and without question you will be absorbed by the amount of knowledge that went into telling the stories of the many legends: Ruth, Gehrig, Lazzeri, DiMaggio, Mantle, and on and on they go . . . I love this book. And I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to read a great baseball book, Yankees or otherwise.
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