The Yankee Years
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A dramatic and revelatory account of Joe Torre s twelve years as manager of the New York Yankees.Joe Torre is the most successful and most respected baseball manager of the modern era, steering the Yankees to six American League pennants and four World Series championships. When he left the team in 2007, it was front-page news around the country. Famously diplomatic during his tenure with the Yankees, Torre finally speaks out about what it was like building and managing the dynasty during those twelve glorious and tumultuous years. Written as a third-person narrative with Sports Illustrated Senior Baseball Writer Tom Verducci, THE YANKEE YEARS is a thoughtful, utterly honest, and gripping behind-the-scenes look at the Yankees organization from top to bottom.From the Compact Disc edition. The New York Times - Michiko Kakutani …a lively chronicle …What this book does…very persuasively is chart the rise and fall of one of baseball's great dynasties, while showing the care and feeding it took to bring the city of New York four championships in five years.
1 Underdogs 12 A Desperation to Win 413 Getting an Edge 854 The Boss 1185 Mystique and Aura 1446 Baseball Catches Up 1657 The Ghosts Make a Final Appearance 1988 The Issues of Alex 2389 Marching to Different Drumbeats 26110 End of the Curse 28511 The Abyss 31412 Broken Trust 34113 "We Have a Problem" 36514 The Last Race 40315 Attack of the Midges 43216 The End 466Index 483
