The Yankee way : the untold inside story of the Brian Cashman era
(2024)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
796.35764/MARTINO,A

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 796.35764/MARTINO,A Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Doubleday, [2024]
©2024
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

xxiv, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780385549998, 0385549997 :, 0385549997, 9780385549998
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Introduction: "This game is a monster" -- Part one: Gene Michael, George Steinbrenner, and the flying hot dog. Rock bottom -- Enter Gene Michael -- Enter Billy; exit Billy; repeat -- The baseball philosophies that would define a dynasty -- "Off ball" : how Stick scouted -- How Stick got the chance to run the Yankees again -- Billy Eppler asks the right question -- Part two: Brian Cashman and the Yankee way. Brian breaks a horse -- The internship begins -- From Billy to Buck -- The Yankees' secret sauce -- The Yankee way -- The boss returns, tells Showalter and the other assholes that they better make the World Series -- Those assholes didn't make the World Series -- Part three: Dynasty. "Are you ready, son?" -- Brian gets the job -- Inside the early deals -- A "massive shakeup," and more winning -- Part four: Derek, Alex, and Joe. "Okay," Jeter finally said -- Origins -- The long parade -- "It was literally killing him" -- Talkin' shit -- Healing, winning, fighting -- Part five: Intro a new age. The next frontier -- Inventing a stat -- A loose end from the old days : shut the fuck up -- Replacing an icon -- New core, new culture, and very new challenges -- Gerrit Cole and Zack Britton : analyzing Yankee analytics -- A new leader -- Aaron Judge's very weird, very stressful free agency (which only determined the course for the next Yankee decade) -- One last bit of business to resolve : 'Is it really worth it?"

"With rare access to the inner sanctum of the New York Yankees, SNY analyst Andy Martino weaves two years of exclusive interviews with general manager Brian Cashman into a revelatory account of never-before-told stories about Derek Jeter, Aaron Judge, Alex Rodriguez, the complex front office, team ownership, and insights into the World Series wins and day-to-day running of the team that fans never get to see"--