cover image Damned Yankees: Bill Madden and Moss Klein

Damned Yankees: Bill Madden and Moss Klein

Bill Madden. Warner Books, $5.95 (454pp) ISBN 978-0-446-36089-0

Between 1977 and 1989, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner's tyrannical leadership turned the stable ball club into one characterized by chaos. ``The era Madden and Klein survey has seen 18 managers, 11 presidents, 10 PR agents and innumerable here-today-gone-tomorrow players,'' said PW. ``Such volatility makes for a rollicking though dismaying tale, related here with gusto.'' Photos. (May)