Rich Marazzi has experienced Yankee history and its culture first-hand as a fan, a writer for Yankees Magazine, a radio talk show host, umpire in the Old Timer's Day game for 16 years, a writer for Mel Allen, the long-time voice of the Yankees, and currently as a baseball rules consultant who was hired by general manager Brian Cashman in 2004. He was also trained by Bob Sheppard as a back-up to the legendary Yankee Stadium public address announcer.
In this book Marazzi takes the reader inside Yankee baseball by covering life in the press box, the dugout, the clubhouse, the umpire's room and more. He compiles untold Yankee stories culled from interviews of many of the Yankee greats over the last seven decades including Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto, Don Mattingly, Derek Jeter and more.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
40 photos, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 13 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-9380-4 (9781476693804)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Rich Marazzi has served 24 of the 30 major league teams as a baseball rules consultant, including ESPN, the YES Network, Bally Sports, and NBS Sports Chicago. He lives in Ansonia, Connecticut.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: From the Upper Deck to the Press Box
1.?Power of the Media Credential
2.?Bob Sheppard: "The Voice from Center Field"
3.?The Babe and "Little Ray"
4.?The Babe's Last Hurrah
5.?Babe, Helen, and Claire
6.?Lou Gehrig: A Reluctant Hero
7.?Gehrig's $312,000 Cap
8.?Joe DiMaggio: A Lonesome Hero
9.?The Streak, the Stolen Bat and Final Years, 1941-1951
10.?Dorothy, Marilyn, and Memorabilia
11.?"The Mick"
12.?The Two Mickeys
13.?Yogi: From Dago Hill to -D-Day
14.?The Real "Mr. October"
15.?"Scooter"
16.?The Broadcaster, the Hall of Famer, the Humanitarian
17.?Roger Maris: Chasing a Ghost
18.?Don Larsen: The Imperfect Yankee
19.?Mel Allen: The "Voice of the Yankees"
20.?The Pine Tar Game
21.?Joe Torre: "The Godfather"
22.?Derek Jeter: The Captain
23.?Suzyn Waldman: A Pioneer in Her Field
Epilogue: My Field of Dreams
Bibliography
Index
