Call the Yankees My Daddy: Reflections on Baseball, Race, And Family - Softcover

Harris, Cecil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592289398 ISBN 13: 9781592289394

Verlag: The Lyons Press, 2006

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In his position as the first black beat reporter to cover the New York Yankees, Cecil Harris had an up-close perspective of the team that he'd followed as a fan ever since the 1960s. Raised in a family that rooted against both the Yankees and Red Sox because of both teams' seeming reluctance to buy into integration, Harris nevertheless carried a passion for pinstripes into his professional life. Here, we get priceless insight on the Yankees' ascendancy in the late 1990s--as well as their struggles to stave off a crumbling dynasty in the twenty first century. Along the way, we meet Joe Torre, Don Zimmer, Derek Jeter, Yankee legend Joe DiMaggio, and many other players. Harris considers the complexities of Mr. October, Reggie Jackson--a player who led Harris's team to two late-1970s championships but who, Harris argues, was bad for baseball in popularizing a "me-first" attitude in the sport. Harris also offers keen insight into the role of race within baseball and the media, as some American League stars seek to exploit Harris's race for their benefit. This is a well-written insider's look at the most storied franchise in Major League Baseball.

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Cecil Harris has covered sports for numerous publications, including Newsday, the New York Post, Sporting News, and USA Today.

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In Call The Yankees My Daddy, sportswriter Cecil Harris reminisces on his years spent covering baseball s most storied team. In his position as the first full-time black beat reporter to cover the New York Yankees, Cecil Harris had an up-close perspective of the team that he d followed as a fan ever since the 1960s. Raised in a family that rooted against both the Yankees and Red Sox because of both teams seeming reluctance to accept integration, Harris nevertheless carried a passion for pinstripes into his professional life. Here, we get priceless insight into the Yankees ascendancy in the late 1990s as well as their struggles to stave off a crumbling dynasty in the twenty-first century. Along the way, we meet Joe Torre, Don Zimmer, Derek Jeter, Hall of Fame legend Joe DiMaggio, and many other top baseball personalities. Harris also offers keen insight into the role of race within baseball and the media, even showing how some American League stars sought to exploit Harris s race for their own benefit. Call The Yankees My Daddy is an entertaining and highly readable narrative that takes us both onto the field and into the dugout and locker room with baseball s biggest names, and in its biggest games.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: The Lyons Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1592289398
• ISBN 13: 9781592289394
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 241
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