The First Yankees Dynasty: Babe Ruth, Miller Huggins and the Bronx Bombers of the 1920s

by Gary A. Sarnoff

Overview

When Babe Ruth was sold by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees at the beginning of the Roaring Twenties, the stage was set for one of baseball's greatest dynasties. With Ruth on board, and under manager Miller Huggins, the Yankees became America's most popular team, and the most dominant team in the American League. They won three consecutive pennants (1921-1923) and a World Series (1923).

In 1924, the Yankees' quest for a fourth consecutive pennant fell short when they finished two games behind the first place Washington Senators. Expected to bounce back and win the 1925 championship, the Bronx Bombers instead crumbled to the bottom. Ruth's love for the nightlife, his undisciplined nature and disrespect for his manager had finally caught up to him, and it jeopardized his future in baseball.

This book tells the story of Babe Ruth, Miller Huggins and the Yankees' rise to glory, their collapse in 1925 and their climb back to the top.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476617183
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	10/02/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Gary A. Sarnoff has written for Nats News, Minor League News, and for the Biography Project of the Society for American Baseball Research. He also writes for the Silver Spring–Takoma Thunderbolts of the Cal Ripken Sr. League and lives in Arlington, Virginia.
Gary A. Sarnoff has written for Nats News, Minor League News, and for the Biography Project of the Society for American Baseball Research. He also writes for the Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts of the Cal Ripken Sr. League and lives in Arlington, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction  1
1. Babe Ruth to the Yankees—1920  5
2. Ruppert and Huston  13
3. Fifty-Nine Home Runs and Five Suspensions—1921 and 1922  21
4. Miller Huggins  34
5. World Champions—1923  45
6. The Bellyache Heard Around the World—1925  53
7. Crash!—1925  64
8. Suspension—1925  77
9. Comeback Season—1926  85
10. Yankee Pride—1926  100
11. The 1926 World Series  107
12. Babe Ruth, the Legend—1927  121
13. Lindy! Lindy! Lindy!—1927  133
14. Baseball’s Greatest Team—1927  143
15. Break Up the Yankees—1928  155
16. Collapse—1928  169
17. Completing the Dynasty—1928  180
18. Tragedy—1929  194
19. Remarried—1929  202
20. The End of the Road—1929  213
21. Legacy  220
Chapter Notes  227
Bibliography  247
Index  249