New York Yankees Openers
An Opening Day History of Baseball's Most Famous Team, 1903-2017, 2d ed.
Format:Paperback
Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
Published:29th Aug '18
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
The New York Yankees are baseball's most storied team. They first played at Hilltop Park, then moved to the Polo Grounds, then Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, back to the renovated Yankee Stadium, and now in the new Yankee Stadium.
They also frequently opened the season in Boston's historic Fenway Park, fondly remembered Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Griffith Stadium in Washington, and all around the expanded leagues after 1961.
This book details every opening-day celebration and game from 1903 to 2017, while noting how each was affected by war, the economy, political and social protest and population shifts. We see presidents and politicians, entertainers, celebrities, and fans, owners, managers, and most of all, the players.
“The beloved American sport of baseball is filled with stories, and this hearty book tells an engaging one…meticulously takes readers year by year through every first day of Yankee baseball…. Each opening day is described with deep knowledge and affection, and chapters are fill with colorful details…excellent historical attention to individual players, the state of the baseball, and the state of the nation and the world. Recommended”—ARBA.
ISBN: 9781476667652
Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 24mm
Weight: 821g
479 pages