Where Have All Our Yankees Gone?: Past the Pinstripes

by Brian Jensen

Book Overview

A revealing ride with a diverse collection of former New York Yankee players and the life stories that followed their baseball playing careers. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589790596
• ISBN13: 9781589790599
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A SOLID SALUTE TO FORMER YANKEES

IF YOU HAVE FOLLOWED THE YANKEES FOR 40 OR MORE YEARS, THIS IS A GREAT READ FOR YOU. IF YOUR FOLLOWING OF THE YANKEES IS LESS THAN THAT, THIS IS STILL A VERY GOOD READ. MANY WELL KNOWN AND NOT SO WELL KNOWN PLAYERS AND MANAGERS ARE FEATURED IN THIS BOOK. FROM THE MICK, THAD TILLOTSON, GEORGE FRAZIER, RALPH HOUK AND MANY MORE. THE MEN IN THIS BOOK DISCUSS THEIR CAREER IN BASEBALL AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING TODAY. THE AUTHOR BRIAN JENSEN CONCUCTED IN DEPTH INTERVIEWS AND HAS WRITTEN A MUST READ FOR YANKEE AND ALL NOSTALGIC BASEBALL FANS. I AM AN INDIAN'S FAN BUT IT BROUGHT MANY MANY MEMORIES.

great read

I put down Prelude to War to start Brian Jensen's book. It's a great book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is a terrific human interest story and it's interesting for Yankee fans, Yankee haters and non-sports fans alike.

YANKEES ARE METAPHOR FOR AMERICA

The Yankees are a metaphor for America. They are the best of all time. People who do not like them feel that way just because they do not want one single team (or country) to be so much better than everybody else, which does not change the fact that they are. People who grow up in New York and still hate the Yankees are like liberals in America who still hate their country.STEVEN TRAVERSAUTHOR OF "BARRY BONDS: BASEBALL'S SUPERMAN"STWRITES@AOL.COM

A sports library must

Plain and simple, this book is just a lot of fun to read. While some of the stories of what happened to these once great ball players had me near tears, others had me laughing out loud. And still others had me shaking my head, wondering how some of these guys made it to the ballpark on game days. Jensen's easy-to-read style and dry humor that leaks through now and again makes Where Have All Our Yankees Gone a must have for any sports reader who wants to know what life is like once the lights go out.