Thursday, January 03, 2008

PRE-SEASON EXCERPT from FIVE O'CLOCK LIGHTNING

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The press release on December 30, 1926 out of the offices of the New York Yankees in Manhattan on 42nd Street overlooking Bryant Park and th...
Sunday, December 09, 2007

Holiday Reads, 2007: Part II

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“How Bill James “Changed Our View of Baseball,” "A Well-Paid Slave,” “Harvard Boys,” “Gretzky to Lemieux,”etc. The seasons come and go...
Sunday, November 25, 2007

Holiday Reads, 2007: Part I:

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“The Best Game Ever,” “Connie Mack,” “The Ultimate Yankees Companion,” etc. Just in time for hot stove league reading, off season entertainm...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

New Book Chronicles One of Sport’s Most Storied Teams

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Tony Viardo Sourcebooks, Inc. 630-96...

FIVE O’CLOCK LIGHTNING

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Media Contact: Mike Onorato FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 201-748-6361 / monorato@wiley.com "The 1927 Yankees may or may not have been the best...
Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Has It Really Been a Yankee Century?

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New Book Chronicles One of Sport’s Most Storied Teams "Yankee fans who can't learn enough about their favorite team will think they...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

THE BABE BOPS NUMBER 60!

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(AN EXCERPT FROM: FIVE O'CLOCK LIGHTNING: BABE RUTH, LOU GEHRIG AND THE 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES, THE GREATEST BASEBALL TEAM EVER, by Harv...
Thursday, August 30, 2007

Has It Really Been a Yankee Century?

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Tony Viardo Sourcebooks, Inc. 630-961-3900 ext 234 202-258-8287 (mbl) Tony.viardo@sourcebooks.com Has ...
Friday, August 24, 2007

Yankee Century Cover

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Yankee Century Cover
Friday, August 17, 2007

HOLY COW! REMEMBERING PHIL RIZZUTO

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(Today's Rizzuto moment (courtesy of Phil Doherty) is from September 14, 1977 inthe midst of yet anotherheated pennant race with Boston....
Monday, August 13, 2007

Check Out The NY Post Site

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Or the newspaper as you can read about everyone's favorite sports author .
Thursday, August 02, 2007

AUGUST 1927: THE NEW YORK YANKEES

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(An excerpt from FIVE O'CLOCK LIGHTNING: BABE RUTH, LOU GEHRIG AND THE GREATEST TEAM IN BASEBALL HISTORY, THE 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES to ...
Tuesday, July 24, 2007

THE BOOK REVIEW: "Senior Year" and other Mid Summer Reads

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Dan Shaughnessy is one of the most versatile authors around nowadays adept at nostalgia, commentary, big time sports moments and now "...
Thursday, July 19, 2007

FIVE O'CLOCK LIGHTNING: THE 1927 YANKEES BY HARVEY FROMMER (coming in October)

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

FIVE O'CLOCK LIGHTNING By Harvey Frommer

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Coming in October Five O'Clock Lightning Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and the Greatest Team in Baseball,the 1927 New York Yankees! Look for it...
Sunday, July 01, 2007

YANKEE STUFF

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This has not been a memorable year so far for the Yankees of New York. Roger Clemens has taken the money and fizzled. Reliever Scott Proctor...
Thursday, June 21, 2007

"The Pride and the Pressure: A Season Inside the New York Yankee Fishbowl" and Other Interesting Reads

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The Book Review There is an entire tradition of "inside baseball" books and now we have "The Pride and the Pressure: A Seaso...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007

"THROUGH A BLUE LENS" and other Special Reads

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Harvey Frommer on Sports The Book Review If you love a beautiful book, if you are a baseball fan, if you are a fan of prized archival photog...

Coming in fall 2007 YANKEE CENTURY AND BEYOND

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Coming in fall 2007 YANKEE CENTURY AND BEYOND - an updated and enhanced version of my book A YANKEE CENTURY. Look for it where all Yankee ...
Monday, May 21, 2007

BABE RUTH, LOU GEHRIG AND THE 1927 YANKEES

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(An excerpt from the forthcoming book FIVE O’CLOCK LIGHTNING (Wiley) It was rare for more than two days to pass when a Babe Ruth or Lou Geh...