Damn Yankees
Twenty-four Major League Writers on the World's Most Loved (and Hated) Team
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · April 3, 2012
Winners of twenty-seven World Series titles, the New York Yankees are the quintessential sports dynasty.
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- Who it’s for
- Twenty-four writers bring humor and feeling to baseball’s most loved—and hated—franchise.
- Themes
- Yankees as a baseball dynasty, Admiration and resentment of the Yankees, Essays on Yankees players
- Genres
- Baseball Essays, Baseball History, Sports Writing
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Winners of twenty-seven World Series titles, the New York Yankees are the quintessential sports dynasty. Love them or hate them, they cannot be ignored by anyone who professes to be a fan of the great game of baseball.
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With Damn Yankees, Rob Fleder, former Executive Editor for Sports Illustrated magazine, offers a timeless collection of original essays by some of the most prominent contemporary writers in America—from Pete Dexter to Jane Leavy, from Roy Blount Jr. to Colum McCann—each piece focusing on one uniquely colorful subject: the fanatically adored/resoundingly despised “Bronx Bombers.” Funny, moving, provocative, insightful appreciations and detractions—from Babe Ruth to Mickey Mantle to Derek Jeter—Damn Yankees offers twenty-four fascinating takes on the most storied franchise of baseball’s Major Leagues.
Yankees, Debated
Twenty-four writers bring humor and feeling to baseball’s most loved—and hated—franchise.
Come here for
- Witty takes on a team that inspires devotion and disdain
- Perspectives from Babe Ruth to Derek Jeter
Expect
- Essays that appreciate and challenge the Yankees’ legend
- A lively mix of funny, moving, and provocative voices
Where it sits
| Baseball Essays | 97% |
|---|---|
| Baseball History | 59% |
| Sports Writing | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Baseball Essays
- Authors
- Rob Fleder
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 3, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Yankees as a baseball dynasty · Admiration and resentment of the Yankees · Essays on Yankees players
- Reading lane
- Baseball Essays