If you are a New York Yankees fan, and especially if you thought baseball in the 1960s was the “Golden Era” for professional baseball, you will want to buy the new book written by William J. Ryczek, published by McFarland, titled, “The Yankees In The Early 1960s.”

It’s a gripping history of the New York Yankees over a decade which saw them go from the top of the American League to the bottom. It’s based on extensive research and interviews with more than 100 former players. The book covers the major stories of the period as well as many of the lesser.

The seventh games of the 1960 and 1962 World Series are described in detail, replete with the remembrances of many of the participants. The infamous Phil Linz harmonica incident, the fruitless search for another Mickey Mantle and the surprising emergence of Mel Stottlemyre are some of the stories that make the early 60s a fascinating era in Yankee lore.

I (Bob Meyer) contributed – was interviewed by Ryczek – and found the book extremely well written and interesting…of course I’m prejudiced having signed in 1960 with the Yankees and subsequently signed four consecutive major league contracts with them in ‘61, ‘62, ‘63 & ‘64….every year in which they played in the World Series.

To purchase a copy of this excellent book see: YANKEES

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