MarkB Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 As Y4L knows, I recently purchased a book named "Dynasty: The New York Yankees; 1949 - 1964" by Peter Golenbock. I'm only a quarter, if that, of the way through it and it is excellent. It is very well done, has very in-depth details and is a good history of the team from this time. Peter Golenbock's website has some more information here, where you can actually read a chapter excerpt from the book. If you want to search for it, the ISBN is 0809223945. I got my copy used from Alibris books for a couple of bucks and it is well worth it. It's on Amazon here. It has details on players you probably haven't heard of like Joe Page, Vic Raschi and Allie Reynolds and has details on players you probably have heard of like Phil Rizzuto, Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio. All in all, I don't know much about the history of the Yankees, but I'm learning slowly with this book. I had just started reading the book and had just finished reading about Joe Page when, in that night's Yankees game, the AFLAC trivia question (I hate that damned duck ) was about a Yankees reliever. The answer was, guess who, Joe Page. For the first time, I felt as if I actually knew who that was, when before, I would just have dismissed it as some old player I had never heard of. Very good book - and I'm not even half-way through it. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joepritch2 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Mark and any other Yankees fans: Have any of you read any of the following? The Bronx Zoo by Sparky Lyle The Goose is Loose by Goose Gossage Balls by Graig Nettles & Golenbock Any of a few Billy Martin titles Reggie by Reggie Jackson Loads upon loads of terrific stuff from Steinbrenner's first winning teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted May 12, 2005 Author Share Posted May 12, 2005 I have read none of them. This is the only Yankees book I have read. I'll keep a look out for them, though. Thanks! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joepritch2 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 You're probably looking at E-bay or a used bookseller for most all of them, as they've been out of print (with the exception of the Gossage book) for years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted May 12, 2005 Author Share Posted May 12, 2005 Alibris seems to have a pretty good range of books, so I might try there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tytyrone23 Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 The Zen of Zim is one of the best baseball books I have ever read. In paperback it's like 7 dollars. I got it at Walden Books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean O Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 I posted it before, but Amazon has Yankee Stadium: Drama, Glamor and Glory for the incredible price of $1. I got it within a few days theoretically used, but it really couldn't have been touched by anyone more than once. It's an excellent book with some great pictures, and it shows what a crying shame the 1976 monstrosity became. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted July 25, 2005 Author Share Posted July 25, 2005 I checked it out, but the sellers don't seem to ship outside of the U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker_jim_uk Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 why not ask one of your fellow mods to help you out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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