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Max Power
08-03-2002, 11:03 AM
I'm only 35 pages into it, but, I love this book already.

Yankee fan? Must read.

Not a Yankee fan? Well, if you like the true scoop behind some great baseball stories, told in the voices of the actual people that were there, you will enjoy this book as well.

Lots of learning too!

How many people knew that that Yankees signed Tommy Henrich as a FA after the Indians messed up his contract? True! Holy Catfish Hunter Batman!
VNV Nation
08-07-2002, 10:14 PM
Just curious...do Yankee fans have any discomfort now with the nickname "Bombers?"
Max Power
08-07-2002, 10:24 PM
Not me. Never think of it that way.
VNV Nation
08-09-2002, 02:22 AM
OK -- it came up a few years ago, I was working with our Sunday sports editor on a section and he needed a headline, and I suggested something that referred to bombing or Bombers, and he said he didn't really like using the term ever since Oklahoma City. I never really felt that way but since Sept. 11 I cringe whenever I see sports references to "bombing" or annihiliation or whatever.
SuperChief
08-11-2002, 04:27 PM
Originally posted by VNV Nation
OK -- it came up a few years ago, I was working with our Sunday sports editor on a section and he needed a headline, and I suggested something that referred to bombing or Bombers, and he said he didn't really like using the term ever since Oklahoma City. I never really felt that way but since Sept. 11 I cringe whenever I see sports references to "bombing" or annihiliation or whatever.

As a resident of Oklahoma who lost friends at the Murrah building and a Yankees fan, I can honestly say that it didn't bother after April 19th or September 11th and doesn't bother me now. I've just never thought of it in those terms.

I did notice the book at the store the other day and will be picking it up as soon as I catch up on my current reading backlog.
Max Power
08-11-2002, 04:58 PM
SuperChief, BTW, I'm further into the book now, and still feel the same way - it's a good book.
Max Power
12-06-2002, 05:58 PM
I had put this book down for 4 months - - little time to read - having a newborn around will do that to you - - until today. I'm now about 1/2 done with it - - - - and, I must say, it STILL is an excellent book - - - - a MUST for any Yankee fan and very enjoyable for any diehard baseball fan.

About every three or four pages, I learn something that I never knew before...........great stuff. Really. I could not recommend a book more.
Max Power
03-24-2003, 07:36 AM
FYI, I will have an interview with Mr. Lally done soon - - nice guy, super credits: Bombers, Prinstriped Summers, The Wrong Stuff (with Bill Lee), etc.
Wolf Hopper
03-25-2003, 08:39 AM
Here it is: http://www.netshrine.com/richardlally.html
gyb13
03-25-2003, 10:13 AM
excellent interview! (even if he thinks Giambi had a better bat than Thome last year) :p