I knew some of it, but there were definitely things I didn't know. There was some really interesting information about the front office in this. I mean, maybe that's true - but the book is so full of it so many times that it's hard to take seriously. A few pages earlier, we're told the team and town fell "wildly back in love with each other" (p.183) in the last two weeks of the season.
Late in the book, the authors claim that in the Wild Card game, it took 12 pitches for the A's "spines and spirits broken beyond repair." (p.186). (Even the specific comments they slot in here could be made decades ago when Baby Boomers were the young'uns). New Style generational conversations are eternal. There is occasional talk about how different these millennials are - without any awareness that Old Style vs. For example, they call Randy Johnson "the detestable Big Unit" (p.88) and don't really back that up except that he once yelled at a cameraman.
A lot of their commentary is overblown, maudlin, and has all the weight of a piece of cardboard.
Much of this lies flat.Īnd the authors themselves are annoying. The opening chapters of the book are also first rate, as the authors discuss Brian Cashman, analytics, and how they prepare all their players for the media.īut the heart of the book focuses on the 2018 season, and once that gets going, the book isn't anything special. (Example: have them watch Friends re-runs to help them with English). I especially liked the chapter "Night School" which focused on how the Yankees acculturate their Third World prospects. Sabathia-even Hal Steinbrenner and Randy Levine-and many more.Some parts of this book are excellent. Using the 2018 baseball season as the backdrop, Inside the Empire gives readers the real, unvarnished "straight-from-the-gut" truth from Brian Cashman, Aaron Boone, Giancarlo Stanton, C.C. Locked and loaded: welcome to the Bronx power station - Déjà vu: hammer time in Fenway - The little genius - An audience in the judge's chambers - CC and the (chin) music factory - "We might be a little short this year" - Night school - Nothing personal, it's strictly business - Hal Steinbrenner: the anti-boss - Number 99: hello, boys, I'm baaack! - ALDS: running into an October buzzsaw - Epilogue: November 2018 - An afterward on the 2019 season.Ī riveting look at what is really said and done behind closed doors with the New York Yankees, the most famous and wealthiest sports franchise in the world. Publisher: New York, NY First Mariner Books, 2020.Ĭontent descriptions Formatted Contents Note:.
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