A Yankee century & beyond by Frommer, Harvey instant download

A Yankee century & beyond by Frommer, Harvey instant download

xviii, 445 p. : 24 cm, Includes index, March of Yankee time : a day-by-day, month-by-month, year-by-year -- Decade-by-decade look at more than one hundred years of Yankee baseball -- Stadium : from Hilltop Park to the Polo Grounds to Yankee stadium (old and new) and even the two-year stop at Shea -- Memorable moments : more than one hundred years of peaks and valleys : from the first home game of 1903 to the disappointing postseason of 2006 -- A Yankee who's who : the \"usual suspects\" legends like DiMag, Ruth, Gehrig, Ford, Berra, Casey, McCarthy, and a few you might not have thought of -- The teams : from the mightiest and greatest team of them all \"the 1927 Yankees of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig\" to the woeful 1990 Yankees, who finished in last place with the lowest batting average in the American League -- Talkin' Yankees : one-liners, quips, and adages -- What's in a name? Noms de plume, aliases, sobriquets, catchwords, nicknames, all time, all ways for Yanks -- By the numbers : we've got your number, from zero to one billion dollars, the value ascribed to the Yankees franchise by Forbes magazine -- 100-question Yankee quiz : from the ridiculous to the sublime, one hundred questions (and answers) about all things Yankee : test your knowledge -- For the record : list, charts, firsts, lasts, sidebars, argument starters and enders