About this item
Winners of twenty-seven World Series titles, the New York Yankees are the quintessential sports dynasty. Love them or hate them, they cannot be ignored by anyone who professes to be a fan of the great game of baseball.With Damn Yankees, Rob Fleder, former Executive Editor for Sports Illustrated magazine, offers a timeless collection of original essays by some of the most prominent contemporary writers in America - from Pete Dexter to Jane Leavy, from Roy Blount Jr. to Colum McCann - each piece focusing on one uniquely colorful subject: the fanatically adored/resoundingly despised "Bronx Bombers."Funny, moving, provocative, insightful appreciations and detractions - from Babe Ruth to Mickey Mantle to Derek Jeter - Damn Yankees offers twenty-four fascinating takes on the most storied franchise of baseball's Major Leagues.
About the Author
Rob Fleder was executive editor of Sports Illustrated and the editor of SI Books during his twenty years at Time Inc. He was also an editor at Esquire, Playboy, and The National Sports Daily. Some of the books he edited are The Sports Illustrated Baseball Book, SI 50: The Anniversary Book, The SI Football Book; Hate Mail From Cheerleaders (by Rick Reilly) , SI's Great Baseball Writing, and Paper Trails: True Stories of Confusion, Mindless Violence and Forbidden Desires, A Surprising Number of Which Are Not About Marriage (by Pete Dexter) .
