The Devil Wears Pinstripes

by Jim Caple

Book Overview

ESPN.com's designated Yankee hater takes on the rabid fan's of baseball's 26-time world champions, and offers a decidedly different slant on the New York Yankees--the losers of 13 World Series. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452285984
• ISBN13: 9780452285989
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

GREAT GREAT GREAT BOOK

Love this book. Couldn't put it down. I purchased 2 so that my friends could also read it. My wife loves it as well.

yankees suck

yankees suck. they alway will. this book is awsome. yankees suck. Not a baised book Cable just points out the obvious that the yankees suck

Hilarious

Caple notes early in this book that every time he trashes the Yankees, he gets e-mails calling him a Red Sox fan (which he isn't.). And below I see 1-star reviews trashing him as a bitter Red Sox fan. Hmmm. Anyway, this is fantastic book for Yankee haters, which included not just Red Sox fans, but this Braves' fan, Mets fans, Dodgers fans and pretty much any fan of any team other than the Pinstriped Devils. But what makes it special is there is an underlying respect and even affection for the Yankees. Caple has only good things to say about Joe Torre. He only tweaks Jeter a bit about his girlfriends. He doesn't say anything nasty about Casey Stengle. And he praises Don Mattingly. He specifically talks about how classy the current Yankee iteration is. And he notes that baseball *needs* the Yankees. When the Lakers were winning all their championships, no one cared. But the let the Yankees win and the baseball world goes berzerk. No, his bile is reserved for deserving targets. The tightwad Joe Dimaggio, the obnoxious Reggie Jackson, the violent Billy Martin, tge greedy racist George Weiss, and -- the principle villain in this book, Steinbrenner. He castigates the Yankees for frequently treating their best people like garbage -- slashing Babe Ruth's salary, cutting Mantle's after his triple crown, benching Mattingly for his hair, refusing to integrate except for Elston Howard, alienating Yogi Berra. He hits the obnoxious bleacher fans, the depressing dump of a stadium (while praising the old one) and the nauseating media worship, as exemplified in Yankeeography. He even lashes out at Red Sox fans, cackling that if the Yankees disappeard, the Massachusettes economy would collapse from being unable to sell anti-Yankee shirts. I actually think that Yankee fans will enjoy this book too, assuming they don't see their team through Yankeeography tinted glasses. Anyway, this book is short fun and hilarious.

A true Yankee fan.

I loved this book, and yes I really am a Yankee fan! (I was born that way, sorry!) This book was hilarious! And if any other Yankee fans are upset by this book I can not fathom why. Every "story" about the Yankees and George Steinbrenner is true, I have heard them before. The way they are told is just from a slightly different point of view. The writing is exceptional and the comic timing precise. And only another 86 years will tell if things will even out or if the "Evil Empire" will continue to dominate the "Red Sox nation". I would highly recomend it for ALL baseball fans.

The Evil Empire Exposed

Whether you hate or love the Yankees this is a must have book. It details greatly the ins and outs of the "evil empire" and Steinbrenner's search for title after title. Caple does an outstanding job in his first book and really has fun with it as a whole. I myself join Caple in his hatred of the most corrupt and ego obsessed organization in sports. But let's face it baseball wouldn't be baseball without them. Great read, check it out.