| Yankees Coming, Yankees Going: New York Yankee Player Transactions, 1903 Through 1999 Contributor(s): Spatz, Lyle (Author) |
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ISBN: 078644083X ISBN-13: 9780786440832 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: This work exhaustively chronicles the more than 600 transactions made by the Yankees. The author sets both the players and the deal in historical perspective, explaining why the Yanks and the other club involved made the deal, what expectations for their new players, and, for some, what the players involved thought about their old and new teams. This book corrects many errors in trade dates listed in the encyclopedias and trade registers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History - Reference |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 9957767 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (1.1 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Trading, buying and selling players have always been key in building better baseball teams, and few things stir the interest and passion of fans so much as a blockbuster trade. This work exhaustively chronicles the Babe Ruth purchase as well as the more than 600 additional transactions made by the Yankees. The author sets both the players and the deal in historical perspective, explaining why the Yanks and the other club involved made the deal, what expectations the owners, general managers and managers of the respective teams had for their new players, and, for some, what the players involved thought about their old and new teams. This book corrects many errors in trade dates listed in encyclopedias and trade registers. |