Damned Yankees Chaos, Confusion, and Craziness in the Steinbrenner Era
, by Madden, Bill; Klein, MossNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781600787041 | 1600787045
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/1/2012
A firsthand, behind-the-scenes account of the turmoil that pervaded the New York Yankee franchise in the late 1970s, this book discusses George Steinbrenner's purchase and continual rebuilding of the teamalongside a colorful cast of players and businessmen. Not merely a look at the time spent in Yankee Stadium, this chronicle also describes the team's public arguments, practical jokes, drunken excess, self-aggrandizing publicity efforts, and the ups and downs that accompanied the Yankees and George Steinbrenner through the 1970s and beyond.