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‘THE TRUTH ABOUT RUTH (AND MORE):
BEHIND THE NEW YORK YANKEES’
MOST POPULAR MYTHS, LEGENDS, AND LORE’
The New York Yankees have always been the most storied franchise in sports. But not all their stories are true.
No, even the most famous of all sports teams has been misremembered, misrepresented, misunderstood, and otherwise mis’ed through history’s many tellings and re-tellings. All along, the fictional has co-existed with the factual, hyperbole has taken the place of history, exaggerations have mixed with exactitudes. The Yankees’ many legends contain truth, alright, but it’s rarely been just the truth and nothing but the truth.
‘The Truth About Ruth (And More)’ is an entertaining antidote to all the above. With both surprising analysis and biting wit, author Peter Handrinos examines everything from the underestimated to the overrated and, along the way, provides perspectives on the Yankees’ authentic legacy in terms of stats and society, performances and personalities, comparisons and culture.
Whether placing Mickey Mantle’s legacy in an (unexpected) comparison or debunking Reggie Jackson’s (impossible) reputation, this is just the book to place the most familiar of franchises in a compelling new light. Those interested in re-examining and re-thinking their way through some remarkable baseball will find the real stories behind the Yankees’ most popular myths, legends, and lore.
Chapters include:
•Getting Tough with the '27 Yankees
•What Really Happened on Lou Gehrig Day
•DiMaggio 24, Mantle 0
•‘Yogi-ism’s’
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•‘The Most Hallowed Record in Sports’
•‘Bucky Dent’s Homer Was a Big Deal’
•‘The Yankees were Pedro’s Daddy’
•Joe Torre’s ‘Insult’
•‘Yankee Imperialism’
•The Yankees’ True Trophy Case
•The N.Y. Yankees & U.S. Steel
Peter Handrinos is a graduate of Yale University, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, and a resident of Norwalk, CT. His first book was ‘Best New York Sports Arguments’.
‘The Truth About Ruth (And More):
Behind the New York Yankees’
Most Popular Myths, Legends, and Lore’
Triumph Books • On-Sale Date: March 11, 2009 • 224 pages
$11.53 • ISBN-13: 978-1-6007-8192-6
Posted 2/14/2009 @ 8:02 PM | New Book- 'The Truth About Ruth (And More)'
