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Author:

Curry, Jack, author.

Title:

The 1998 Yankees : the inside story of the greatest baseball team ever / Jack Curry.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Twelve,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

vii, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

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

Contents:

Introduction -- Before glory, suffering -- The pieces of the puzzle -- Rebel without a pause -- International man of mystery -- The joy of Jeter -- Start spreading the news -- The once and future wonder boys -- Mañana, no problema -- Just keep winning...125 times -- Simply the best -- What happened after 1998? -- Acknowledgments.

Summary:

"The visiting clubhouse in San Diego was soggy, sweaty and sticky after the 1998 Yankees swept the Padres in four games and celebrated winning their 24th World Series title. The players raised bottles of Champagne, sprayed the bubbly on each other and reveled in a baseball season that might have been more memorable than any in history. Jack Curry was part of that unforgettable scene as a reporter, navigating around the clubhouse to ask the same, pertinent question. After winning an unprecedented 125 games and pummeling teams along the way, were these Yankees, the Yankees of Jeter, Mariano, Posada, Pettitte, Bernie, O'Neill, Tino and so many other vital players, the best team ever? "Right now, you would have to call them the best team ever," said owner George Steinbrenner. Twenty five years later, Curry revisits that season to discuss how that team was built and why the Yankees were such a talented, refreshing and successful club. This book includes new interviews with more than 25 players, coaches and executives, who revealed some behind-the-stories about the magical journey and who also discussed the depth of this historic squad. "From the first man to the 25th man on the roster, I don't think there's a team that had more talent and a team whose players knew their roles as well as our players did," said pitcher David Cone."If you're using that as a barometer for the best team of all-time, then I think you can call us the best team of all-time." During that wondrous season, Don Zimmer, a Yankee coach and a baseball lifer who began his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954, told associates there would never be another team like the 1998 Yankees. Zimmer was right. Twenty five years later, Curry describes how and why that Yankee team could be the best ever."-- Book jacket
Revisiting the Yankees' 1998 season, during which they won their twenty-fourth World Series title, an award-winning sports journalist draws on interviews with more than twenty-five players, coaches, and executives to discuss how that team was built and why the Yankees were such a talented, refreshing, and successful club.

ISBN:

1538722976
9781538722978

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1377730277

LCCN:

2022952332

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

VKPE334 -- Oelwein Public Library (Oelwein)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)