The Yankees Reader

by Dan Riley, Miro Weinberger

From the Bomber's humble birth in 1903 to their record-shattering 1998 season, this unique anthology brims with firsthand accounts of the choicest Yankee the first game played in Yankee Stadium, the last game of DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, the three homers that christened Reggie Jackson Mr. October, and more. And it includes Yankee legends Yogi Berra and Casey Stengel in their own inimitable words.

Genres: Baseball, Sports

268 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1991

About the author

Dan Riley has been writing seriously ever since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 focused his boyish attention on his mortality. Since then, he's edited his school, college and local underground newspapers; written obituaries for the oldest newspaper in continuous publication in the US; and produced ad copy and corporate boilerplate. His five books published with Houghton Mifflin include The Red Sox Reader and The Dan Riley School for Girl: An Adventure in Home Schooling. And his play, Spinelli, was a winner of The Long Beach Playhouse's New Works Competition. His weekly blog, The Nobby Works, is dedicated to keeping the writing of Norman O. Brown linked to the times. He's happy to have lived long enough to see the launch of his first novel, The Virgin Missile Crisis.

Reviews

[Grayce · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book for all Yankee fans. Some good stories.

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has some really fun pieces by and about some of the lesser-knowns of Yankee lore, like Dock Ellis and Jim Bouton, along with all the regulars.