cover image New York Yankees: New York Yankees - 100 Years - The Official Retrospective

New York Yankees: New York Yankees - 100 Years - The Official Retrospective

Ballantine, Rare Air Ltd, Yankees. Ballantine Books, $50 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-345-46090-5

It shouldn't be surprising that the powerful New York baseball team should offer their own perspective to compete with the plethora of Yankees-related titles celebrating the team's centennial anniversary. This coffee-table volume includes 175 exceptional photos from throughout the century, with stills of the greats (both posed and in action): Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson, Lou Gehrig and Don Mattingly. The book--which includes contributors such as Bill James, Roger Kahn and Keith Olbermann--details the construction of the present-day stadium (which, begun in 1922, took only 284 days to complete), as well as the team's greatest moments and best lineups.