Table of Contents
Foreword David Cone vii
Acknowledgements xi
Chapter 1 Yankee Standium
Attend a Game at Yankee Stadium 3
Join the "Bleacher Creatures" for Roll Call 8
Party Pregame at Stan's Sports Bar 13
Take a Tour of Monument Park 18
Buy a Pinstriped Jersey-with No Name on the Back! 21
Relive the Past at Old Timers' Day 25
Play Hooky on Opening Day 29
October Is Where Yankees Are Made: Go to a Playoff Game 32
Argue Yankee Stadium's Top 10 Postseason Moments 34
Visit the New York Yankees Museum Presented by Bank of America 38
Listen to Lou Gehrig's "Luckiest Man" Speech 42
Chapter 2 Around the Majors
Soak Up the Sun at Spring Training 47
Catch Baseball's Best Rivalry at Boston's Fenway Park 52
Head to Baltimore for a Came at "Yankee Stadium South" 58
O Canada! Take a Trip to Toronto 66
Head to Sunny St. Petersburg and Take In Some Indoor Baseball 72
Take the 7 Train to the Subway Series 80
Tour the Rest of the American League One City at a Time Chicago: Guaranteed Rate Field; Kansas City: Kauffman Stadium Cleveland: Progressive Field; Minnesota: Target Field Detroit: Comerica Park; Anaheim: Angel Stadium Seattle: Safeco Field; Texas: Globe Life Park Houston: Minute Maid Park; Oakland: Oakland Coliseum 88
Chapter 3 Yankees Legends
Visit the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum 103
Visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum 107
Learn the Yankees Retired Numbers 111
Crunch the Numbers: Know the Yankees' Records 120
Debate the Yankees' Mount Rushmore 122
Holy Cow! Listen to Yankees Broadcasters through the Years 127
Visit the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center 137
Learn the History of Closers: From Short Men to Sandman 143
A Day for Thurman: The Yankees Honor the Captain 147
Attend the Thurman Munson Awards Dinner 150
Derek Jeter's Fairy-Tale Ending 154
Chapter 4 A Moment in Time
Aaron Boone Belts the BoSox 161
Bucky F'n Dent 164
Jeffrey Maier Lends a Hand 168
Doc Gooden Makes a House Call 172
Yankees Slam the Athletics Again and Again and Again 177
A-Rod's Epic Night 180
Gator Gets the Crowd on Its Feet-Over and Over Again 185
Jim Abbott Makes Unexpected History 188
Reggie Jackson Becomes Mr October 194
One Is Not Enough for Allie Reynolds 198
Derek Jeter Becomes Mr. November 201
Dave Righetti's Memorable Independence Day 207
The Biggest Swing of Chris Chambliss' Career 212
A Perfectly Surprising Day for David Wells 215
David Cone Honors Yogi Berra and Don Larsen Perfectly 222
The Went Loss in Yankee: Postseason History 227
"The king" Holds Court in the 1996 World Series 231
Don Larsen Does the Unthinkable in the World Series 237
Chapter 5 That's Entertainment
Live from New York…it's the New York Yankees! 243
Yada, Yada, Yada…Watch the Yankees on Seinfeld 248
Read Bill Madden's Two Great Yankees Books 256
Delve Inside Derek Jeter's Mind with The Life You Imagine 259
See Bernie Williams in Concert 263
Watch Nine Innings From Ground Zero 268
Make a Playlist of Famous Yankees' Walk-Up/Entrance/Warm-Up Music 273
Relive the Summer of '61 with 61* 277
Sources 285
About the Author 289