A veteran reporter's account of the New York Yankees baseball team from 1977 to 1981.

Steinbrenner's Yankees

Linn, Ed

Holt; Rinehart; Winston

Following the career of Ted Williams from 1939, an experienced sportswriter presents the story of this great athlete, his dramatic professional baseball career, his service during World War II and the Korean War, and his record-breaking feats. 20,000 first printing.

Hitter: The Life and Turmoils of Ted Williams

Sports & Outdoors

Baseball

Harcourt

At first he was The Kid, then The Splendid Splinter and Thumping Theodore - to say nothing of Teddy Ballgame. But the tag that really fits is Hitter. “A riveting retrospective” (Baseball americanca). Index; career statistics; photographs.

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Mariner Books

“I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?” The history of baseball is rife with colorful characters. But for sheer cantankerousness, fighting moxie, and will to win, very few have come close to Leo “the Lip” Durocher. Following a five-decade career as a player and manager for baseball’s most storied franchises, Durocher teamed up with veteran sportswriter Ed Linn to tell the story of his life in the game. The resulting book, Nice Guys Finish Last, is baseball at its best, brimming with personality and full of all the fights and feuds, triumphs and tricks that made Durocher such a success—and an outsized celebrity. Durocher began his career inauspiciously, riding the bench for the powerhouse 1928 Yankees and hitting so poorly that Babe Ruth nicknamed him “the All-American Out.” But soon Durocher hit his stride: traded to St. Louis, he found his headlong play and never-say-die attitude a perfect fit with the rambunctious “Gashouse Gang” Cardinals. In 1939, he was named player-manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers—and almost instantly transformed the underachieving Bums into perennial contenders. He went on to manage the New York Giants, sharing the glory of one of the most famous moments in baseball history, Bobby Thomson’s “shot heard ’round the world,” which won the Giants the 1951 pennant. Durocher would later learn how it felt to be on the other side of such an unforgettable moment, as his 1969 Cubs, after holding first place for 105 days, blew a seemingly insurmountable 8-1/2-game lead to the Miracle Mets. All the while, Durocher made as much noise off the field as on it. His perpetual feuds with players, owners, and league officials—not to mention his public associations with gamblers, riffraff, and Hollywood stars like George Raft and Larraine Day—kept his name in the headlines and spread his fame far beyond the confines of the diamond. A no-holds-barred account of a singular figure, Nice Guys Finish Last brings the personalities and play-by-play of baseball’s greatest era to vivid life, earning a place on every baseball fan’s bookshelf.

Nice Guys Finish Last

Durocher, Leo

Regional U.S.

University of Chicago Press

Bill Veeck was an inspired team builder, a consummate showman, and one of the greatest baseball men ever involved in the game. His classic autobiography, written with the talented sportswriter Ed Linn, is an uproarious book packed with information about the history of baseball and tales of players and owners, including some of the most entertaining stories in all of sports literature.

Veeck As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck

Veeck, Bill

Veeck As in Wreck

Bill Veeck was an inspired team builder, a consummate showman, and one of the greatest baseball men ever involved in the game. His classic autobiography, written with the talented sportswriter Ed Linn, is an uproarious book packed with information about the history of baseball and tales of players and owners, including some of the most entertaining stories in all of sports literature.

Veeck as in Wreck

Signet

The author, a colorful baseball owner, discusses promotion, deal making, and the future of baseball

The Hustler's Handbook (Fireside Sports Classics)

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Fireside

Baseball's most uninhibited critic recalls his lifelong dedication to the sport and his experiences as owner-operator of the St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians, and Chicago White Sox, and his madcap promotional stunts.

Veeck: As in Wreck : The Autobiography of Bill Veeck (Fireside Sports Classics)

Traces the history of the rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, from its inception to the present, and profiles the participants--Ruth, DiMaggio, Williams, and others

GREAT RIVALRY The Yankees and the Red Sox

Ticknor & Fields

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Books by Linn, Ed

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Steinbrenner's Yankees

Hitter: The Life and Turmoils of Ted Williams

Hitter: The Life and Turmoils of Ted Williams

Nice Guys Finish Last

Veeck As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck

Veeck as in Wreck

The Hustler's Handbook (Fireside Sports Classics)

Veeck: As in Wreck : The Autobiography of Bill Veeck (Fireside Sports Classics)

GREAT RIVALRY The Yankees and the Red Sox