The 1928 New York Yankees

Charlie Gentile

doi:10.5771/9781442235991

Summary

The 1927 New York Yankees are often considered one of the best Yankee teams of all time—perhaps one of the best major league teams ever. Yet often overlooked is the Yankee team that followed. The 1928 Yankees started the season on track to meet and even surpass the records and accomplishments of the season before. Many players from the 1927 “Murderers’ Row” were still there, including Bob Meusel, Earle Combs, Mark Koenig, Tony Lazzeri, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth.

The 1928 New York Yankees: The Return of Murderers’ Row tells the story of this underrated squad that endured a roller-coaster season of ups and downs to ultimately win the World Series. The baseball world, frustrated by the Yankees’ dominance the previous year, rejoiced when the team stumbled badly during the 1928 preseason. Their elation turned to gloom when the Yankees charged out of the gates to start the regular season on top of the standings. In spite of holding a commanding fourteen game edge over the second place Philadelphia Athletics midway through the season, the Yankees saw their lead disappear with just three weeks remaining. Manager Miller Huggins pulled together his patchwork pitching staff and banged-up regulars and reserves to mount a nail-biting fight to the finish.

Highlighted by numerous images of the key players for the Yankees, this detailed and thoroughly researched book provides an intimate look into a season to remember. The 1928 New York Yankees includes a discussion of the best teams in baseball leading up to the 1928 season, along with historical background on the country’s condition in the 1920s. From the Yankees’ preseason trip to Florida through their dominance, collapse, and subsequent rise, this bookwill entertain and educate all fans and historians of the national pastime.

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Copyright year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-3598-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-3599-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 304
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. A Note on Sources No access
3. Preface No access
4. Introduction: Baseball’s Greatest Teams No access
1. 1: We Live in a Marvelous Age No access
2. 2: One of the Best Cities in the Circuit No access
1. 3: The Trade Embargo and Baseball’s Winter Meetings No access
2. 4: Crescent Lake Park and the Trek North No access
1. 5: Epidemics of Cold and Flu (April 11–May 2) No access
2. 6: Haymaking Season (May 4–May 20) No access
3. 7: The Makeup Games Begin (May 21–May 31) No access
4. 8: Yawning Spaces in Grandstands ( June 2–June 17) No access
5. 9: A Painful Contrast (June 19–July 4) No access
6. 10: A Fine Kettle of Fish ( July 6–August 7) No access
7. 11: Give Me Pennock and We’ll Win (August 9–August 27) No access
8. 12: Failure to Harvest Hits (August 30–September 12) No access
9. 13: Won or Lost in the West (September 15–September 30) No access
1. 14: Just the Way the Colonel Likes It No access
Afterword No access Pages 237 - 240
Postscript No access Pages 241 - 242
Appendix: Summary of Postponements No access Pages 243 - 244
Notes No access Pages 245 - 292
Bibliography No access Pages 293 - 294
Index No access Pages 295 - 302
About the Author No access Pages 303 - 304