Those Damn Yankees: The Secret Life of America’s Greatest Franchise

Those Damn Yankees: The Secret Life of America’s Greatest Franchise

by Chadwin (Author)

Synopsis

This volume is an unconventional foray into the underworld of baseball. It looks at issues such as baseball's cult of memory, numerology in sport and society, the emergence of an anti-competitive league and exploitation by a cartel. The book has been expanded to include the Yankee's World Series appearance in the 1999 season.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 306
Edition: New
Publisher: Verso
Published: 17 Jun 2000

ISBN 10: 1859842836
ISBN 13: 9781859842836

Media Reviews
Dean Chadwin has written a provocative political history of the Yankees in the tradition if Jim Bouton and Howard Zinn. A must-read for anyone considering a vote for Rudy Giuliani next time around, whatever office he may be seeking. --Andrew Zimbalist, author of Baseball and Billions