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Twelve straight playoff appearances. Six American League pennants. Four World Series titles. This is the definitive story of a dynasty: the Yankee years When Joe Torre took over as manager of the New York Yankees in 1996, the most storied franchise in sports had not won a World Series title in eighteen years. The famously tough and mercurial owner, George Steinbrenner, had fired seventeen managers during that span. Torre's appointment was greeted with Bronx cheers from the notoriously brutal New York media, who cited his record as the player and manager who had been in the most Major League games without appearing in a World Series

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One of the best books about baseball ever written. -- New York Daily News <br><br> An insightful and non-hagiographic look at a legendary manager and team during one of baseball's most transformational eras. -- Boston Globe <br> <br> The consummate insider's view of what may be the last great dynasty in baseball history. -- Los Angeles Times <br> <br> An appealing portrait of a likable, hard-working man. One closes the book with a high regard for Mr. Torre, not least as a manager. -- Wall Street Journal <br> <br> A lively chronicle. . . . What this book does . . . very persuasively is chart the rise and fall of one of baseball's great dynasties, while showing the care and feeding it took to bring the city of New York four championships in five years. --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times <br> <br> A capacious fresh account of [Torre's] great run in the Bronx.... Verducci has range and ease; he's a shortstop on the page. -- The New Yorker <br> <br> Compelling. . . . A hybrid of insider reporting [and] autobiography. -- The Christian Science Monitor <br> <br> Fascinating reading. -- The New York Times Book Review <br> <br> [Filled with] many insights, some about human nature, many about the great American game. -- Bloomberg News

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Joe Torre played for the Braves, the Cardinals, and the Mets before managing all three teams. From 1996 to 2007, Torre managed the New York Yankees. He is currently the manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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