Damned Yankees: A No-Holds-Barred Account of Life With "Boss" Steinbrenner
by Bill Madden, Moss Klein (Author)
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A firsthand, behind-the-scenes account of the turmoil that pervaded the New York Yankee franchise in the late 1970s, this book discusses George Steinbrenner's purchase and continual rebuilding of the team-alongside a colorful cast of players and businessmen. Not merely a look at the time spent in Yankee Stadium, this chronicle also describes the team's public arguments, practical jokes, drunken excess, self-aggrandizing publicity efforts, and the ups and downs that accompanied the Yankees
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A funny and revealing behind the scenes look at the Yanks during the crazy years of the Steinbrenner reign.
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Bill Madden, the 2010 recipient of the Baseball Hall of Fame's J.G. Taylor Spink Award, is the author of the New York Times bestseller Steinbrenner For more than thirty years, he has covered baseball for the New York Daily News. He lives in New Jersey.
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- Original publication date
- 1990
- People/Characters
- George Steinbrenner; Billy Martin; Bob Lemon; Dick Howser; Gene Michael; Clyde King (show all 32); Yogi Berra; Lou Piniella; Steve Trout; Ed Whitson; Dave Collins; Doyle Alexander; Roy Smalley; Steve Kemp; Jim Beattie; Ken Clay; Mike Griffin; Bobby Brown; Dave LaRoche; Tucker Ashford; Bobby Meacham; Reggie Jackson; Graig Nettles; Bob Shirley; Mickey Rivers; Goose Gossage; Rick Cerone; Dave Winfield; Dave Righetti; Gene Monahan; Bill Kane; Dallas Green
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA
- First words
- What follows on these pages is the anatomy of a baseball team unlike any other.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The Boss returned on March 1, 1993, and the "next generations of Steinbrenners" would not take full control of the Yankees until after his death in 2010. [from the 2012 edition]
- Blurbers
- Jackson, Reggie
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- Sports and Leisure, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History, Travel, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 338.4 — Society, government, & culture Economics Production Secondary industries and services
- LCC
- GV875 .N4 .M33 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Sports Ball games: Baseball, football, golf, etc.
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- Reviews
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- (4.25)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
