The 50 Greatest Yankee Games

by Cecilia Tan

Book Overview

Cecilia Tan has written a Yankee Doodle Dandy of a book. The reader is taken through the dramatic ebb and flow of the 50 greatest Yankee games. We learn a lot about the team from the Bronx in this fact-filled, entertainingly written opus. Should be required reading for all fans of the New York Yankees.
--Harvey Frommer, author of A Yankee Century and The New York Yankee Encyclopedia
Every Yankee fan has a memory they will never forget or a game...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047165938X
• ISBN13: 9780471659389
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

The 50 Greatest Yankee Games

I received the book quickly and well packaged. The book was in excellent condition. Thank you

What do you get the die-hard Yankee Fan? This DVD

My best friend is a die-hard Yankee fan and LOVES tis DVD! One of his top Yankee DVDs.

The Best Of History

You read her in Yankee Magazine, you read her on her website, heck you even read her on the message boards of BehindtheBombers.com. Some of you may have read some of her earlier works as well. How do you write a book on the Greatest Games of an icon in sports history? That task sounded difficult to me but Ms Tan has taken that task and made it most enjoyable. The author takes us through the history of the mighty Bronx Bombers and through the magic of her pen she brings us back to the games we grew up with. Her thorough research and interviews covers memories from every generation. I asked myself how could you pick only 50 games from the multitude of games the Yankees have played? Well after reading the book I couldn't think of a single game she missed. From the obvious perfect games to the oblivious Andy Hawkins no hit loss it is all there. She drives us through the dynasties to the lean years and back again. She dusted the cobwebs out of the pinstriped portion of my brain for sure. Cecilia Tan has a hit on her hands with this book. Whether you a baseball historian of just love the lore of the game you should go out buy this book and pick one up for the Yankee fans on you gift list they will thank you for it.

Excellent writing, presentation fair

Greatest games books can be very boring; this one is anything but. The 50 greatest Yankees games are intelligently selected and thoroughly covered in 50 separate essays. The writing is solid and entertaining. However, the design of the book, with no box scores and only a tiny separation between each game essay, could be better.

very good take

I agree with the other reviewer that Tan might have chosen some different games for the top 50, but isn't disagreeing with the picks half the fun of a book like this? I found the writing fun and breezy, and many of the chapters nostalgia-provoking. I came of baseball fan age during the late 70s run--that is, I was 10 years old--and the book was a great reminder of those days when the game was grittier and I had to run home from school to watch the Bucky Dent game, picking it up in the third inning, because it was played during the day. The games the Yankees lost were especially interesting because that would make them seem contrary to the idea of a "greatest" game, but Tan showed why they were so special. This reminded me of Pete Rose telling Sparky Anderson after Game Six of '75 series that the game was the greatest he'd ever been in. Sparky, in disbelief, reminded Rose that their Reds had lost. Rose just looked back in disbelief, understanding that sometimes winning truly isn't the only thing. I got this book as a gift and will give it as a gift myself several times over. I highly recommend it.