The First Yankees Dynasty
Babe Ruth, Miller Huggins and the Bronx Bombers of the 1920s
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About the Book
When Babe Ruth was sold by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees at the beginning of the Roaring Twenties, the stage was set for one of baseball’s greatest dynasties. With Ruth on board, and under manager Miller Huggins, the Yankees became America’s most popular team, and the most dominant team in the American League. They won three consecutive pennants (1921–1923) and a World Series (1923).
In 1924, the Yankees’ quest for a fourth consecutive pennant fell short when they finished two games behind the first place Washington Senators. Expected to bounce back and win the 1925 championship, the Bronx Bombers instead crumbled to the bottom. Ruth’s love for the nightlife, his undisciplined nature and disrespect for his manager had finally caught up to him, and it jeopardized his future in baseball.
This book tells the story of Babe Ruth, Miller Huggins and the Yankees’ rise to glory, their collapse in 1925 and their climb back to the top.
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
Gary A. Sarnoff
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 264
Bibliographic Info: 27 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2014
pISBN: 978-0-7864-4966-8
eISBN: 978-1-4766-1718-3
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. Babe Ruth to the Yankees—1920 5
2. Ruppert and Huston 13
3. Fifty-Nine Home Runs and Five Suspensions—1921 and 1922 21
4. Miller Huggins 34
5. World Champions—1923 45
6. The Bellyache Heard Around the World—1925 53
7. Crash!—1925 64
8. Suspension—1925 77
9. Comeback Season—1926 85
10. Yankee Pride—1926 100
11. The 1926 World Series 107
12. Babe Ruth, the Legend—1927 121
13. Lindy! Lindy! Lindy!—1927 133
14. Baseball’s Greatest Team—1927 143
15. Break Up the Yankees—1928 155
16. Collapse—1928 169
17. Completing the Dynasty—1928 180
18. Tragedy—1929 194
19. Remarried—1929 202
20. The End of the Road—1929 213
21. Legacy 220
Chapter Notes 227
Bibliography 247
Index 249
