|
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Baseball
|
Buy Now
The Colonel and Hug - The Partnership that Transformed the New York Yankees (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R879
Discovery Miles 8 790
|
|
|
The Colonel and Hug - The Partnership that Transformed the New York Yankees (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
From the team’s inception in 1903, the New York Yankees were a
floundering group that played as second-class citizens to the New
York Giants. The team was purchased in 1915 by Jacob Ruppert and
his partner, Til Huston. Three years later, when Ruppert hired
Miller Huggins as manager, the unlikely partnership of the two
figures began, one that set into motion the Yankees’ run as the
dominant baseball franchise of the 1920s and the rest of the
twentieth century, capturing six American League pennants with
Huggins at the helm and four more during Ruppert’s lifetime. The
Yankees’ success was driven by Ruppert’s executive style and
enduring financial commitment, combined with Huggins’s philosophy
of continual improvement and personnel development. The Colonel and
Hug tells the story of how these two men transformed the Yankees in
their rise to dominance. It also tells the larger story of
America’s gradual move from neutrality to entry into World War I
and the emergence and impact of Prohibition on American society.
This story tells of the end of the Deadball Era and the rise of the
Lively Ball Era, a gambling scandal, and the collapse of
baseball’s governing structure—and the significant role the
Yankees played in it all. While the hitting of Babe Ruth and Lou
Gehrig won many games for New York, Ruppert and Huggins
institutionalized winning for the Yankees. Â
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
