Sykesville, Maryland — October 1, 2005 — An author from Maryland has published a non-fiction book on the team of the century: the 1927 New York Yankees. Named Murderers’ Row, the ’27 Yankees are considered the most legendary and revered team in the annals of baseball: a team whose magical name, even today, evokes the standard of excellence in America’s most treasured sport.

The ’27 Yankees by Fred Glueckstein is the definitive historical account of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, Earle Combs, Waite Hoyt, Herb Pennock, and teammates from Spring Training in St. Petersburg, Florida through the World Series. The ’27 Yankees transports the reader back to that exciting season to experience events on and off the diamond through the detailed day-to-day re-creations of the team’s games.

As in all baseball seasons, there are wonderful stories of personal accomplishment and team triumphs and defeats. There are, of course, other stories or subplots – both on and off the field – that are part of the game; almost like threads that are interwoven into a fabric of a large quilt. It was no different in 1927. Consider only a few of the many, many colorful stories that unfolded during that glorious season.

- Without a contract for 1927, Babe Ruth, who had just completed a movie titled “Babe Comes Home” in Hollywood, demands a new contract of $100,000 a year from Yankee owner Col. Jacob Ruppert. The contract, which the Yankees are reluctant to agree to, would make the Babe the highest paid baseball player in history.

- Amid the color and fanfare of Opening Day at Yankee Stadium on April 12, 1927, 72,000 fans, the largest crowd in the history of baseball at that time, turn out to see Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig of the Yankees and Ty Cobb and Eddie Collins of the Philadelphia Athletics.

- While at Cleveland’s Dunn Field in May, the game between the Yankees and Indians is stopped after it is reported that American aviator Capt. Charles Lindbergh has landed on the outskirts of Paris, becoming the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The fans and players stand as the “Star Spangled Banner” is played in honor of the momentous event. Similar celebrations take place in other ballparks.

Detailed, lively and richly-layered, The ’27 Yankees is easily the most essential baseball book any reader can find at their respective libraries and bookstores today! Fred Glueckstein’s book is an incredible home run for reading!


About the Author
Fred Glueckstein was raised in the Bronx, only a few blocks from Yankee Stadium. While growing up, he spent many fond hours at the Stadium watching such Yankee greats as Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Yogi Berra, and Whitey Ford. He attended Queens College of the City University of New York and New York University. Besides a life-time interest in baseball, Fred has written extensively about horses. He has been published in a number of magazines and journals, including The Chronicle of the Horse, Horses in Art, Equestrian, ARMY magazine, Preakness Souvenir Magazine, and Finest Hour, the official publication of the Churchill Centre and International Societies. Fred and his wife Eileen live in Sykesville, Maryland. They have two children, Brian and Debra.


The ’27 Yankees by Fred Glueckstein
Publication Date: September 9, 2005
Trade Paperback; $24.99; 484 pages; 1-4134-8426-3; Cloth Hardback; $34.99; 484 pages; 1-4134-8427-1

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