Yankees Baseball: The Golden Age (Images of America: New York)

Yankees Baseball: The Golden Age (Images of America: New York)

Between 1920 and 1964, the Bronx Bombers dominated the
game of baseball. It was a time when baseball players enjoyed an elevated status as national icons, a time when men wearing baggy, flannel uniforms and sporting pancake gloves played for little more than â€œthe love of the game.â€ In this striking and nostalgic volume featuring many rarely seen photographs, we meet the heroes that were the New York Yankees. The Yankees won 29 American League pennants and 20 World Series during this golden era, their diamond exploits thrilling generations of fans and their statistical achievements becoming familiar numbers in the lore of the game: Babe Ruthâ€™s 714 home runs; Lou Gehrigâ€™s 2,130 consecutive games played; Joe DiMaggioâ€™s 56-game hitting streak; Casey Stengelâ€™s 5 straight world championships; Mickey Mantleâ€™s 565-foot home run; and Roger Marisâ€™s 61 round-trippers. The tradition of excellence began in the 1920s with the Murderersâ€™ Row teams, named for their â€œkillerâ€ batting lineups, and continued through the early 1960s, by which time the Bronx Bombers had established themselves as the most successful franchise in sports history.

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