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The House That Ruth Built: A New Stadium, The First Yankees Championship, And The Redemption Of 1923 (2011)

by Robert Weintraub(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

031608607X (ISBN13: 9780316086073)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Little, Brown and Company

review 1: Filling in somewhat of a historical blank between Babe Ruth's Red Sox days prior to 1920 and the powerhouse 1927 Yankees, this book points out the contrast between baseball in the dead-ball era and the home run era that replaced it. There is also much on the Yankees-Giants rivalry and Giants manager John McGraw, a giant who disdained home runs and the demise of "scientific baseball." After dismal performances in the 1921 and 1922 Yankees' World Series losses to the Giants, Ruth sparked his team to its first world championship in brand-new Yankee Stadium.
review 2: NY baseball in 1923. The Yankee Stadium opens. The Yankees are trying to finally win a series against the Giants (after two back-to-back losses). Ruth shakes off two poor series performances. The ... moreera of "scientific baseball" (we call it "small ball") gives over to the long ball. Weintraub does a nice job of relating these bygone times, complete with city nicknames that only historians would be familiar with. Good book for baseball historians. less

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