The Colonel and Hug: The Partnership That Transformed the New York Yankees

by Steve Steinberg and Lyle Spatz

Book Overview

From the team's inception in 1903, the New York Yankees were a floundering group that played as second-class citizens to the New York Giants. With four winning seasons to date, the team was purchased in 1915 by Jacob Ruppert and his partner, Cap Til Huston. Three years later, when Ruppert hired Miller Huggins as manager, the unlikely partnership of the two figures began, one that set into motion the Yankees' run as the dominant baseball franchise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803248652
• ISBN13: 9780803248656
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"