October Men: Reggie Jackson, George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, and the Yankees' Miraculous Finish in 1978

I'm a little biased since I lived in New Jersey and was a Yankees fan when all this happened but...this is a great look at the "Bronx Zoo" that was the Yankees' clubhouse of the late 1970's.

Kahn provides great background information on all the key characters and writes it like a good novel. Knowing the outcome takes a little of the excitement away, but this a great book for any baseball fan.

Substantially better that Boys of Summer, imo. Kahn's experience here comes in handy to give the reader some deep, but needed, context. (This is the Yankees, after all, and history matters!) This as opposed to the personal reminiscences in Boys of Summer, which are mainly vehicles for nostalgia. This is much more the upside of Kahn's approach to writing baseball. One of the better books on 1970s baseball--clear-eyed, but not unenthusiastic. One thing that may disturb some folks is that the book has so little about the Yankees' big drive to catch the Red Sox in the latter part of the season. A weird choice to softpedal one of the things we most remember about the 1978 season. But what *is* here is good.

A great book on my favorite team of all time. I was a just a boy coming into baseball when this all happened. I remember it all like yesterday and this book gives a little bit of the inside story. A must read for baseball and Yankee fans alike! Even you Red Sox fan!