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September 12, 2005
Book Review: More Tales From The Yankees Dugout
Last week, I saw Ed Randall's 2002 book, More Tales From The Yankees Dugout, on sale at the local Five Below for just $3.50.
I thought "Why not? It's just three-fifty."
Maybe it's because I had low expectations, but, I'm enjoying it. So far, I've just been thumbing through it - but, it's fun.
John Habyan talks about how the Yankees used to steal "location" from their bullpen and signal it to the hitters. Ron Davis talks about how he got to come into a game after locking Goose Gossage into a toilet in the bullpen. Clete Boyer talks about how he taught Derek Jeter to cut down on his errors during the spring of 1995. Chris Chambliss talks about how he just missed being on one of the 9/11 planes that went down. It's full of stuff like this.
One of my favorites is Jerry Narron telling a story of how Catfish Hunter once told him, as a rookie catcher, "Don't worry about it. I'm gonna throw every pitch you call for. If I don't like it, I'll just throw it so they can't hit it."
I cannot remember the last time that I've had this much fun from $3.50. If you have a local Five Below, and see this book, pick it up.
Posted by Steve Lombardi at September 12, 2005 02:57 PM
Comments
I've had this book sitting on my nightstand for seemingly months now (my girlfriend is always kind enought to dust it every week or so:), as well as the first Tales from the Yankees Dugout. Maybe it's time I actually read them. I bought them in a fit of spring training baseball-book buying.
Posted by: JeremyM at September 12, 2005 11:29 PM
I can't speak for the 1st one - but, I think you'll like some of the stories in the 2nd one.
Posted by: Steve Lombardi at September 13, 2005 09:36 AM