Damn Yankees: Twenty-Four Major League Writers on the World's Most Loved(and Hated) Team

An exciting compendium of superb writing about the most notorious sports franchise in America, by some of our most admired authors, DAMN YANKEES will appeal to even the most disinterested baseball fan. From Pete Dexter to Jane Leavy, Roy Blount Jr. to Colum McCann, Daniel Okrent to Will Leitch, these essays are historically relevant, analytically sound, genuinely biased, and hilarious.
The Yankees, in their collective history, their individual personalities, and their symbolic place in our culture, are the perfect subject to inspire or provoke. The writers of this anthology bring to the plate personal stories about Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle, economic theories about pinstripes, and much more.