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    Pinstripes and Pennants: The Ultimate New York Yankees Fan Guide
    Pinstripes and Pennants: The Ultimate New York Yankees Fan Guide
    Pinstripes and Pennants: The Ultimate New York Yankees Fan Guide
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    Pinstripes and Pennants: The Ultimate New York Yankees Fan Guide

    By Barry Wilner

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    The New York Yankees are one of sports’ all-time iconic teams. As the most popular franchise in Major League Baseball, the Yankees have millions of passionate fans all over the world. Those fans expect nothing less than greatness—and for much of the team’s history, the Yankees have delivered.

    This action-packed book offers a front-row seat to everything that makes the Yankees great. The classic games. The iconic ballparks. The fierce rivalries. Not to mention the World Series championships and the Hall of Fame players. Whether it’s Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, or Derek Jeter, New York has been home to some of baseball’s best.

    Season Ticket: Teams uses engaging and informative storytelling to take readers into the past, present, and future of their favorite sports teams. With chapters exploring historic moments, team traditions, and today’s hottest superstars, Season Ticket: Teams is your all-access pass to the most iconic franchises in sports!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNorth Star Editions
    Release dateJan 1, 2019
    ISBN9781634940719
    Pinstripes and Pennants: The Ultimate New York Yankees Fan Guide
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    Barry Wilner

    Barry Wilner has been a sportswriter for the Associated Press since 1976. He is the AP’s national pro football writer and has covered every Super Bowl since 1987. Barry also has authored 67 books. He lives in Garnerville, New York.

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      Pinstripes and Pennants - Barry Wilner

      By Barry Wilner

      Pinstripes and Pennants: The Ultimate New York Yankees Fan Guide © 2019 by Press Room Editions. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, including Internet usage, without written permission from the copyright owner, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      First Edition

      First Printing, 2019

      Book design by Sarah Taplin

      Cover design by Sarah Taplin

      Photographs ©: Julie Jacobson/AP Images, cover (left), cover (bottom right), 4, 8; Seth Wenig/AP Images, cover (top right); AP Images, 10, 18, 21, 22, 25, 31, 32, 36, 40, 43, 63, 71, 88, 94; Murray Becker/AP Images, 16, 92; Chris Bernacchi/AP Images, 27; Duane Burleson/AP Images, 28; Kyodo/AP Images, 38, 47; John Rooney/Images, 45; Chris O’Meara/AP Images, 48; JCH/AP Images, 52; Bill Kostroun/AP Images, 55, 82; Mark Lennihan/AP Images, 56, 96, 105; Richard Drew/AP Images, 60; Harry Harris/AP Images, 65; Winslow Townson/AP Images, 72; Abe Fox/AP Images, 75; Ray Stubblebine/AP Images, 79; Charles Krupa/AP Images, 86–87

      Design Elements ©: Pixabay

      Press Box Books, an imprint of Press Room Editions.

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2018952197

      ISBN:

      978-1-63494-059-7 (paperback)

      978-1-63494-071-9 (epub)

      978-1-63494-083-2 (hosted ebook)

      Distributed by North Star Editions, Inc.

      2297 Waters Drive

      Mendota Heights, MN 55120

      www.northstareditions.com

      Printed in the United States of America

      Chapter 1

      Jeter’s Farewell

      Derek Jeter was always calm in the most pressure-filled times. So it was strange to see how he reacted after his final game at Yankee Stadium—one of the most memorable moments in the history of America’s winningest franchise.

      It was sort of an out-of-body experience, Jeter said. It was a weird range of emotions. I was just trying not to cry.

      Lots of people at the stadium were shedding tears on the night of September 25, 2014, when Jeter played before them for the last time. His two decades as the New York Yankees’ shortstop were filled with success: Rookie of the Year in 1996, 14 All-Star Game appearances, five Gold Gloves, and, most notably, five World Series championships.

      Phil Rizzuto

      Derek Jeter wasn’t the first great Yankees shortstop. Phil Rizzuto was nicknamed Scooter, and he lived up to the name. He scooted along the left side of the infield, gobbling up ground balls and spearing line drives at shortstop. And he scooted around the bases as he scored 877 runs in 13 seasons, ending in 1956.

      But the Hall of Fame player was even more popular as an announcer. He often bragged about scooting from the broadcast booth to beat the traffic before the game ended. Among his favorite shticks were calling people huckleberries when they made errors; yelling holy cow when something wild happened; and speaking about his fear of lightning or his favorite restaurants.

      Yankees fans ate it up.

      On this night, even though it had been raining during the day, fans filled Yankee Stadium to say goodbye to one of the remarkable careers in modern sports. Many carried banners praising The Captain, with one sign saying Thanks 2 You, with the team’s logo surrounding the 2 for Jeter’s jersey number. Another offered Derek, Thanks For Being The One We Could Always Turn 2.

      As had become commonplace during his long career, Jeter did not disappoint.

      Playing against the Baltimore Orioles, Jeter had a double and two runs batted in (RBIs). The Yankees were winning 5–2 when he took his position at shortstop in the top of the ninth. If that had been it, Jeter would have given the fans a typically memorable last game. The team’s plan was indeed to remove Jeter, allowing for a standing ovation that might have lasted until October. Jeter knew that, and he could be seen wiping tears from his eyes during the inning.

      I’ve done a pretty good job controlling my emotions, Jeter said. I try to hide them. I try to trick myself into not feeling those particular emotions. Today, I wasn’t able to do it.

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