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The Yankee Years (Hardcover)

By: Joe Torre (Author) and Tom Verducci (Author)


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"THE YANKEE YEARS can be read as urban opera,...[but] it's also a case history of the sad physical and mental decline of Emperor George, or an M.B.A. class in radical corporate thinking and its absence in a baseball time of unimaginable financial expansion, or a further take on high-salaried egos and frail character in the steroid era of sports."

"What this book does...very persuasively is chart the rise and fall of one of baseball's great dynasties, while showing the care and feeding it took to bring the city of New York four championships in five years."

"THE YANKEE YEARS is a richly detailed account of the most successful managerial tenure in recent baseball history. It is also rich with predictable sentiments, vivid but familiar replays of crucial games, and unsurprising portraits of already well-known Yankee figures -- except for a blunt and unflattering depiction of superstar Alex Rodriguez."

"Torre says he watched the Yankees move from the egoless, workmanlike makeup of the late-90s dynasty into a mismatched collection of self-absorbed, stats-obsessed stars."

Publisher's note

Joe Torre is the most successful--and most respected--baseball manager of the modern era, steering the Yankees to six American League pennants and four World Series championships. When he left the team in 2007, it was front-page news around the country. Famously diplomatic during his tenure with the Yankees, Torre finally speaks out about what it was like building and managing the dynasty during those twelve glorious and tumultuous years.
Written as a third-person narrative with "Sports Illustrated" Senior Baseball Writer Tom Verducci, THE YANKEE YEARS is a thoughtful, utterly honest, and gripping behind-the-scenes look at the Yankees organization from top to bottom.
Filled with great stories and insight, THE YANKEE YEARS describes the challenges of working for a team where the senior executives and the media question every decision; managing a clubhouse full of superstars; and what Torre did right, and what he did wrong, on the field and off. THE YANKEE YEARS also provides an insider's view of the great changes in the game over the past several years, from the impact of revenue sharing to the shadow of steroids.
THE YANKEE YEARS is a must-have for every baseball fan, a compulsively readable chronicle of one of the greatest rides in baseball history.

The former Yankees manager provides a thought-provoking and candid behind-the-scenes study of the Yankees organization, from top to bottom, detailing the challenges of working for a team in which executives and the media question every decision, managing a clubhouse of superstars, and the issues confronting modern baseball. 250,000 first printing.

Annotation

In 1996, when the New York Yankees named Joe Torre as their new manager, the most storied franchise in baseball history had gone almost 20 years without a championship. In his 12 years with the club, Torre and the Yankees made the play-offs every season, and won the World Series four times. That was the easy part. The true challenge of Torre’s job was simply holding his teams together amidst the unbelievable pressure and turmoil attached to professional sports in New York City. With the most notorious owner in sports breathing down his neck, Torre somehow negotiated the team through freak injuries, a parade of overpaid free agents, sensational extracurricular scandals, steroids violations, and the tireless frenzy of the New York media. His version of the story is insightful and compelling, mixing advice on leadership and management with tell-all, behind-the-scenes details that will shock and delight Yankee fans and foes alike.



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