The Yankee Years

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A bright fine copy Publisher priced dust jacket No remainder marks. Best Download [ The Yankee Years ] Author [ Joe Torre ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Joe Torre has recently taken some criticism for this book but I would point out that 1 this is really a book by Tom Verducci ABOUT Joe Torre and 2 I really didn t find much talking out of school or shocking betrayals of confidence in this book at all It s a bit strangely paced and phrased, but it s a most interesting look at the New York Yankees, and baseball in general, from 1996 2007, with lots of ins...I enjoyed this book, but I really wish it hadof Joe Torre in it instead of Verducci The book was obviously written by Verducci with quotes and anecdotes from Torre just thrown in.While baseball is not my favorite sport I have too much invested in hockey to spend enough time obsessing over another sport , I am a 4th generation Yankees fan from my dad s side of the family and being knowledgeable about the Yankees is pretty much a prerequisite in my family This book was a great reminder of I enjoyed this book, but I really wish it hadof Joe Torre in it instead of Verducci The book was obviously written by Verducci with quotes and anecdotes from Torre just thrown in.While baseball is not my favorite sport I ...Let me start by saying that The Yankee Years isn t the bash fest that every media outlet made it to be before the book was released to the public The A Fraud thing is barely mentioned And when it is, it s in passing After actually reading the book I don t see what all the uproar was about I suppose Joe Torre may have breached some kind of locker room blue line of silence but really he didn t tell us anything we didn t know in a broad scope He and Tom Verducci really just filled in the Let me start by saying that The Yankee Years isn t the bash fest that every ...I love everything New York Yankees related so I enjoyed this book I liked how he praised Derek Jeter he s also my favorite player and trashed A Fraud.There are a lot of bad baseball books out there This is not one of those Joe orre s view of his Yankee years is nicely wrought One of the better works of this genre The first thing that should be noted about The Yankee Years is that the author credit ought to be Tom Verducci and Joe Torre, not vise versa The hype surrounding the book suggests that it s Torre s tell all memoirs, but it sof an examination of the Yankees while he was the manager The dominant voice is Verducci and Torre seems to have provided him with insight and privileged perspective Torre basically anchors the narr...For Yankee fans I count myself as one who lived through the twelve glorious years that this book covers, there are not many surprises I would say I knew 80% of it, but it was interesting to hear the manager s perspective and surprising to hear the manager curse, will this be in an audio book When you watch the daily drama of a baseball season, for six months seven , in good years out of the year, you become very familiar with the faces in and around a team Going into this, I felt I alre For Yankee fans I count myself as one who li...This book came out on the heels of an ugly divorce between manager Joe Torre and a Yankees team that he led to unprecedented success in the modern baseball world It s because of this that I went into this book with an open mindset In my experience, these tell all non fiction sports books that come out shortly after the experiences take place have a tendency to beflash than substance The book caused quite a stir when it came out, at least in the 24 hour ESPN news cycle, and so I was sk This book came out on the heels of an ugly divorce be...This was an enjoyable book that offers some penetrating glimpses into the life of a big league manager in the highest profile role in MLB managing for the Yankees The book was chock full of anecdotes about various Yankees players like Paul O Neill, Derek Jeter and David Cone get quite a bit of positive coverage in this book, where Ke...There was certainly a lot of hype for this book A Fraud , but what everyone was dealing with were, in fact, the title of Chapter 8 The Issues of Alex The book was good, very funny, but also a little gimmicky.Not every game 7 is the greatest game ever played Even if one of them 2001 World Series, 2003 ALCS, 2004 ALCS was the greatest, surely all three of them weren t The 3 greatest games ever played probably did not happen within 4 years of one another The way Torre and Verducci tol There was certainly a lot of hype for this book A Fraud , but what everyone was dealing with were, in fact, the title of Chapter 8 The Issues of Alex The book was good, very funny, but also a little gimmicky.Not every game 7 is the greatest game ever played Even if one of them 2001 World Series, 2003 ALCS, 2004 ALCS was the greatest, surely all thre...

The Yankee Years
  • 14 June 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 502 pages
  • 0385527403
  • Joe Torre
  • The Yankee Years