Böcker av Bill Madden

"Jackie Robinson heroically broke the color barrier in 1947. But how--and, in practice, when--did the integration of the sport actually occur? Bill Madden shows that baseball's famous 'black experiment' did not truly succeed until the coming of age of Willie Mays and the emergence of some star players--Larry Doby, Hank Aaron, and Ernie Banks--in 1954"--

A columnist for the Daily News shares interviews with eighteen prominent Yankee players, including Yogi Berra and Paul O'Neill, to convey their experiences of playing on one of major league baseball's top teams.

If you love the New York Yankees, arguably the most storied franchise in all of sportsor even if youre just a fan of baseball history, or big business biosthis biography of the larger-than-life team owner for the past four decades is a must for your bookshelf. For more than 30 years Bill Madden has covered the Yankees and Major League Baseball for the New York Daily News, and he brings all his insights and inside connections to Steinbrenner: the definitive biography of one of New Yorks most intriguing and long-standing sports figures, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.