Bridging two dynasties : the 1947 New York Yankees / edited by Lyle Spatz ; associate editors, Maurice Bouchard and Leonard Levin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Spatz, Lyle, 1937-

Bouchard, Maurice.

Levin, Leonard.

Series:

Memorable Teams in Baseball History

Memorable teams in baseball history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New York Yankees (Baseball team)--History--20th century.

New York Yankees (Baseball team).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<DIV>""An exceptional piece of work.""-<I>C70 at the Bat</I></DIV>

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Yankees� Ownership""; ""2. How the 1947 Team Was Built""; ""3. The Hiring of Bucky Harris""; ""4. Yankees Spring Training in 1947""; ""5. Yankees Involvement in the Suspension of Leo Durocher""; ""6. Bucky Harris""; ""7. Charlie Dressen""; ""8. Red Corriden""; ""9. Timeline, April 14�April 29""; ""10. Yankee Stadium""; ""11. Spud Chandler""; ""12. Don Johnson""; ""13. George McQuinn""; ""14. Allie Reynolds""; ""15. Timeline, April 30�May 22""; ""16. Ray Mack""

""17. Bobby Brown""""18. Rugger Ardizoia""; ""19. Ken Silvestri""; ""20. Mel Queen""; ""21. Timeline, May 23�June 12""; ""22. Al Lyons""; ""23. Tommy Henrich""; ""24. Frank Colman""; ""25. Tommy Byrne""; ""26. Aaron Robinson""; ""27. Timeline, June 13�June 30""; ""28. Billy Johnson""; ""29. Randy Gumpert""; ""30. Charlie Keller""; ""31. Ted Sepkowski""; ""32. Frank Shea""; ""33. Johnny Lucadello""; ""34. Timeline, July 1�July 21""; ""35. Vic Raschi""; ""36. Reynolds and Raschi, Building Blocks of aDynasty""; ""37. New York Yankees in the 1947 All-Star Game""; ""38. Bobo Newsom""

""39. Bobo in New York""""40. The Yankees� Nineteen-Game Winning Streak""; ""41. Timeline, July 22�August 7""; ""42. Johnny Lindell""; ""43. Karl Drews""; ""44. Yogi Berra""; ""45. Johnny Schulte""; ""46. Allie Clark""; ""47. Joe DiMaggio""; ""48. Timeline, August 8�August 28""; ""49. Ralph Houk""; ""50. Dan Topping""; ""51. Del Webb""; ""52. George Stirnweiss""; ""53. Jack Phillips""; ""54. Phil Rizzuto""; ""55. Timeline, August 29�September 19""; ""56. Sherman Lollar""; ""57. Butch Wensloff""; ""58. Dick Starr""; ""59. Lonny Frey""; ""60. Timeline, September 20�September 28""

""61. Bill Wight""""62. Frank Crosetti""; ""63. Joe Page""; ""64. Mel Allen""; ""65. Russ Hodges""; ""66. The 1947 World Series""; ""67. Bill Bevens""; ""68. Bill Bevens�s Almost World Series No-Hitter""; ""69. Larry MacPhail""; ""70. George Weiss""; ""71. American League Most Valuable Player Award""; ""72. American League Rookie of the Year Award""; ""73. American League Cy Young Award""; ""74. Yankees Attendance in 1947""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes and References""; ""Contributors""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-4962-1018-2

0-8032-4609-9

1-299-13239-1

OCLC:

827207306