{"product_id":"2940170324903","title":"Damn Yankees: Twenty-four Major League Writers on the World's Most Loved and Hated Team","description":"\u003cp\u003eEveryone has an opinion about the Yankees. More than an opinion in most cases, but an opinion at the very least.\u003cbr\u003eamp;#8212;From the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove them or hate them, the New York Yankees have been an American institution for nearly a century. With their rich history and colorful cast of characters, the Yankees never fail to inspire or provoke. In this exciting compendium, some of today's most acclaimed writersamp;#8212;including Pete Dexter, Colum McCann, Roy Blount Jr., Dan Barry, Jane Leavy, Charles P. Pierce, J. R. Moehringer, Daniel Okrent, Frank DeFord, Bill James, and many moreamp;#8212;step up to the plate to take their cuts. The result is a collection of original essays as idiosyncratic and expansive as the team that has inspired them: ruminations on Babe Ruth's gravestone, Derek Jeter's swing, and the upper-deck vantage of the Oldest Living Yankee; dual allegiances; mortal rivalries; and every other subject that spans from the hilarious (the Yankee wife-swap of the '70s) to the sublime (the grace of Catfish Hunter).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuperbly written, deeply insightful, and full of both passion and humor, \u003cem\u003eDamn Yankees\u003c\/em\u003e is a completely fresh look at baseball's most enduring franchise by a Murderers' Row of writers as stacked as that of the 1927 Yanks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117293256944,"sku":"2940170324903","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170324903_p0.jpg?v=1763708059","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170324903","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}