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The Yankee Numbers Poll! |
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I didn't come up with all these numbers out of my head.
I had to research several sources (and still have many more
to research.) This page gives credit where credit is due.
This website is a consolidated, searchable and organizable
source of information that others also tracked down.
For the record, I've also thrown in some book
recommendations here too. They helped form my love of
Yankee history and stories. Without their inspiration,
this site wouldn't exist. |
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 "Now Batting, Number..." by Jack Looney - I had
already compiled most of the information on this website when I first
came across this book. It probably would have made a lot of my
research easier had I discovered it beforehand. It did help
confirm a lot of questions and helped fill in a lot of blanks.
It's not just about Yankee numbers though...it's every teams history of
uniform numbers and a whole lot of uniform number info and trivia.
It's a great book. Get it. It only takes you through the
2005 season, but for MLB history buffs, it's a must have.
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www.baseball-almanac.com - Another solid source of uniform
numbers, player info and history. It's the type of site any
baseball fan could probably spend endless hours going through.
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www.yankees.com - It's
where I try to keep up with the numbers of today. I got the spring
training numbers here for the 2008 season. It's also the place I
first check when a player gets traded or called up. The numbers
sometimes aren't posted before the game is on TV, but sometimes a new
addition or call-up doesn't get into that first game. If that's
the case (or if I don't see the game) this is the place to look.
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YES Network/My9/FOX Sports - Nothing fancy...just watching
the games and seeing those numbers on TV with my own eyes. No
better way to confirm a number.
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Yankee Scorecards and Publications - I have a few older
scorecards, yearbooks and Yankee magazines. These are good sources
for numbers too...especially with photos. I don't have
enough...but I try to get to see as many as possible. If you have
any and have to ability to scan them, let me
know through the contact page and I'll tell you how to send them
along. I can't put the address here or else I'll be bombarded by
Spam.
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 "Dog Days" by Philip Bashe: This book published in 2000
is a great read and one of the first written about the 1964-1976
Yankees. I was always fascinated with these teams since I was born
in 1972. I missed out on these days with my earliest Yankee
memories coming with the 1977-78 Championship teams. There was
always a certain mystery for me about these teams as my dad would talk
about Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford and never really about
Horace Clarke (the unfortunate symbol of those teams) and Steve
Hamilton.
"Dog Days" examines each year in great detail, exposing the fact that
most of those Yankee teams were never really that bad. They seemed
to usually be a player or two away and always a step or two behind the
Baltimore Orioles. Living through an equally long stretch
(1982-1994) without a postseason appearance, I could sympathize with
fans of that generation, the "wait 'till next year" attitude and best of
all, the enormous joy when they finally broke through with initial
disappointment (1976 and 1995) and utter exuberance the next season.
I haven't gotten much uniform number information from Bashe's book, but
it is a great source for stories behind a forgotten generation of
Yankees.
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 "Now Pitching for the Yankees: Spinning the News for Mickey,
Reggie and George" by Marty Appel - Another book where I didn't get
much uniform information from, but it's a great, fun read filled with a
lot of behind the scenes stories and trivia. Learn the truth
behind the legend of Oscar Gamble's afro. Why was there once a
Danny Cater day? How did the Yankees tell Bobby Murcer he was
traded? It's all in here and it's a fast, fun read. The
ending gets a little into Appel's days with the team tennis league of
the late 70s and the 1996 Olympics, but it's only toward the end (still
interesting though) with the bulk of the book covering Appel's days with
the Yankees. Find it, buy it, read it and thank me later. |
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