The Colonel and Hug : the partnership that transformed the New York Yankees /

"From their inception in 1903, the New York Yankees were a floundering team 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 Rupper...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steinberg, Steve
Otros Autores: Spatz, Lyle, 1937-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]
Temas:
Huggins, Miller, > 1878-1929.
Ruppert, Jacob, > 1867-1939.
Huggins, Miller, > 1878-1929
Ruppert, Jacob, > 1867-1939
New York Yankees (Baseball team) > History > 20th century.
New York Yankees (Baseball team)
1900-1999
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Photographs
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • Part 1. The Early Years
  • 1. Everything He Touched Won First Prize
  • 2. The Colonel Makes a Name for Himself
  • 3. Nothing at All but Ambition and Pluck and Brains
  • 4. No Smarter Man in Baseball
  • Part 2. Ruppert Buys the Yankees
  • 5. How about the Yankees?
  • 6. The Rocky Road to Ownership
  • 7. The New Owners Get to Work
  • 8. Fritz Maisel Follies
  • 9. Anti-German Hysteria and Two Disappointing SeasonsPart 3. Huggins Arrives
  • 10. An Impatient City with an Unforgiving Press
  • 11. The Nation in Upheaval
  • 12. A Season of Transition
  • 13. A Battle Leads to a War
  • 14. A Home Is No Longer a Home
  • Part 4. Ruth and Barrow Arrive
  • 15. Buying the Babe
  • 16. The Risks of Ruth
  • 17. Ruth Roars into the Twenties
  • 18. Squabbling Owners and Scandal Lead to Landis Coronation
  • 19. Huggins Stays
  • Part 5. The Yankees Rise to the Top
  • 20. One of the Fiercest Pennant Battles Ever
  • ""21. The Struggles and Troubles of Huggins""""22. Huggins Is My Manager""; ""23. This Is the Happiest Day of My Life""; ""Part 6. The Yankees and the Babe Stumble""; ""24. Itâ€?s Tougher to Manage a Pennant Winner""; ""25. New Homes for Single Men and Their Team""; ""26. Huggins Waited One Year Too Long""; ""Part 7. The Yankees Rise Again""; ""27. Floridaâ€?s Boom to Bust and the Yankeesâ€? Bust to Boom""; ""28. Huggins Silences His Critics, for Good""; ""29. Winning Pennants Is the Business of the Yankees""; ""30. Knowing How to Buy and Knowing How to Build""; ""Part 8. Huggins Exits""
  • 31. The Law of Averages Catches Up with the Yankees32. No Man Ever Struggled Harder
  • 33. Succeeding an Immortal
  • Part 9. The Thirties
  • 34. McCarthy Is My Manager
  • 35. Repeal, Real Estate, and the Third Reich
  • 36. The DiMaggio Years
  • 37. It Took Time for Success to Become a Tradition
  • 38. The Mystery Lady
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About Steve Steinberg and Lyle Spatz
  • About Marty Appel
  • Photographs

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