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PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060570024
ISBN-139780060570026
eBay Product ID (ePID)2502059
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Book TitleTen Rings : My Championship Seasons
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWomen, Baseball / History, Baseball / General, Sports
Publication Year2003
FeaturesLarge Type
GenreSports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorDave Kaplan, Yogi Berra
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight10.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal796.357/092 B
Edition DescriptionLarge Type / large print edition
SynopsisIn more than a century of baseball history, there is only one player who has won the most championship rings -- Yogi Berra. He has ten of them, in fact. One for each and every finger.In Ten Rings, Yogi, for the first time, tells the stories behind each of those remarkable championship seasons, spanning 1947 through 1962, baseballs golden years. It was a time when players played for the love of the game, working as maitre ds and salesmen and pipe-fitters in the off season to put food on the table, a time when dynasties were born and baseball became the national pastime. And what a pastime it was. With Yogi Berra at their heart, Casey Stengels Yankees took on their heralded archrivals: the Cleveland Indians, the New York Giants, the Brooklyn Dodgers, and, of course, the Boston Red Sox. And with those teams were Yogis constellation of contemporaries, a whos who of the Hall of Fame: Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson, Phil Rizzuto, and many, many others.Each season brought its own drama. In 1947, Yogi the rookie struggled behind the plate, and his unlikely physique -- knock-kneed and barrel-shaped -- made him the target of a cruel media that wondered whether he even looked like a Yankee and nicknamed him "The Ape." But the name calling didnt faze Yogi. After all, he said, he didnt have to hit with his face. And he had the last laugh. In 1949, Bill Dickey came out of retirement to, as Yogi said, "learn me his experiences" and mold him into the Hall of Fame catcher he would become. Then came a string of five consecutive Yankees World Series championships, which no other team in history has ever matched. The year 1951 was Joe DiMaggios final season . . . and Mickey Mantles first. In 1956 there was Don Larsens perfect game in the World Series. And its all brought to life by the man who witnessed it.Ten Rings is a one-of-a-kind story told by a one-of-a-kind guy, the beloved Yogi Berra., In more than a century of baseball history, there is only one player who has won the most championship rings--Yogi Berra. He has ten of them, in fact. One for each and every finger. In Ten Rings, Yogi, for the first time, tells the stories behind each of those remarkable championship seasons, spanning 1947 through 1962, baseball's golden years. It was a time when players played for the love of the game, a time when dynasties were born and baseball became the national pastime. And what a pastime it was. With Yogi Berra at their heart, Casey Stengel's Yankees took on their heralded archrivals: the Cleveland Indians, the New York Giants, the Brooklyn Dodgers, and, of course, the Boston Red Sox. And with those teams was Yogi's constellation of contemporaries, a who's who of the Hall of Fame: Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays, Duke Snider, Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson, Phil Rizzuto, and many others. Each season brought its own drama, and it's all brought to life by the man who witnessed it. Ten Rings is a one-of-a-kind story told by a one-of-a-kind guy, baseball's elder statesman, the beloved Yogi Berra.
