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Chumps to Champs: How the Worst Teams in Yankees History Led to the '90s Dynasty

Chumps to Champs: How the Worst Teams in Yankees History Led to the '90s Dynasty

Pennington, Bill

Paperback

AthletesBaseball & SoftballRegional: Middle Atlantic

ISBN10: 0358331838
ISBN13: 9780358331834
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: Mar 31 2020
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.30 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The untold story of the years when the Yankees were a laughingstock--and how out of that abyss emerged the modern Yankees dynasty, one of the greatest in all of sports

The New York Yankees have won 27 world championships and 40 American League pennants, both world records. They have 26 members in the Hall of Fame. Their pinstripe swag is a symbol of making it worn across the globe. Yet some 25 years ago, from 1989 to 1992, the Yankees were a pitiful team at the bottom of the standings, sitting on a 14-year World Series drought and a 35 percent drop in attendance. To make the statistics worse, their mercurial, bombastic owner was banned from baseball.

But out of these ashes emerged a modern Yankees dynasty, a juggernaut built on the sly, a brilliant mix of personalities, talent, and ambition. In Chumps to Champs, Bill Pennington reveals a grand tale of revival. Readers encounter larger-than-life characters like George Steinbrenner and unexplored figures like Buck Showalter (three-time manager of the year), Don Mattingly, and the crafty architect of it all, general manager Gene Michael, who assembled the team's future stars--Rivera, Jeter, Williams, O'Neill, and Pettitte.

Drawing on unique access, Pennington tells a wild and raucous tale.

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