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Book Cover for: New York Yankees Openers: An Opening Day History of Baseball's Most Famous Team, 1903-2017, 2d ed., Lyle Spatz

New York Yankees Openers: An Opening Day History of Baseball's Most Famous Team, 1903-2017, 2d ed.

Lyle Spatz

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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: McFarland & Company
  • Publish Date: Aug 29th, 2018
  • Pages: 479
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - 0002
  • Dimensions: 9.90in - 6.90in - 1.30in - 1.89lb
  • EAN: 9781476667652
  • Recommended age: 18-UP
  • Categories: Baseball - History

About the Author

Spatz, Lyle: - Lyle Spatz served as chairman of SABR's Baseball Records Committee from 1991 to 2016. He is the recipient of SABR's Bob Davids and Henry Chadwick, and Seymour Medal awards, and among the books he has written or edited are biographies of Bill Dahlen, Willie Keeler, Dixie Walker and Hugh Casey.

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Praise for this book

"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.
"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.