03087nam a2200289 4500 BJBSDDR 20250822132817.0 ta 250711s2024 nyu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781538722985 1538722984 eng DLC eng GV 875 C976n 2024 Curry, Jack F., 1964- 43329 The 1998 Yankees : the inside story of the greatest baseball team ever / Curry, Jack. Nineteen ninety-eight Yankees First edition. [Paperback edition] New York : Twelve, 2024 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm. Introduction Before glory, suffering The pieces of the puzzle Rebel without a pause International man of mystery The joy of Jeter Start spreading the news The once and future wonder boys Mañana, no problema Just keep winning...125 times Simply the best What happened after 1998? Acknowledgments "The visiting clubhouse in San Diego was soggy, sweaty and sticky after the 1998 Yankees swept the Padres in four games and celebrated winning their 24th World Series title. The players raised bottles of Champagne, sprayed the bubbly on each other and reveled in a baseball season that might have been more memorable than any in history. Jack Curry was part of that unforgettable scene as a reporter, navigating around the clubhouse to ask the same, pertinent question. After winning an unprecedented 125 games and pummeling teams along the way, were these Yankees, the Yankees of Jeter, Mariano, Posada, Pettitte, Bernie, O'Neill, Tino and so many other vital players, the best team ever? "Right now, you would have to call them the best team ever," said owner George Steinbrenner. Twenty five years later, Curry revisits that season to discuss how that team was built and why the Yankees were such a talented, refreshing and successful club. This book includes new interviews with more than 25 players, coaches and executives, who revealed some behind-the-stories about the magical journey and who also discussed the depth of this historic squad. "From the first man to the 25th man on the roster, I don't think there's a team that had more talent and a team whose players knew their roles as well as our players did," said pitcher David Cone."If you're using that as a barometer for the best team of all-time, then I think you can call us the best team of all-time." During that wondrous season, Don Zimmer, a Yankee coach and a baseball lifer who began his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954, told associates there would never be another team like the 1998 Yankees. Zimmer was right. Twenty five years later, Curry describes how and why that Yankee team could be the best ever."-- Book jacket Yankees de Nueva York (Equipo de béisbol) Historia 44535 Equipos de béisbol 30574 Nueva York (Estados Unidos) Jugadores de béisbol 5141 Nueva York (Estados Unidos) lcc BK 124223 124223 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2025-07-11 0 GV 875 C976n 2024 00000194754 2025-07-11 00:00:00 1 2025-07-11 BK