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162-0: IMAGINE A YANKEES PERFECT SEASON
By Marty Appel/Foreword by Bucky Dent
CONTACT: Bill Ames, Triumph Books, 312.252.1248, b.ames@triumphbooks.com
Even the greatest baseball teams lose 30 percent or more of their games each season. The 2009 New York Yankees dominated their division and entire league en route to the best record (103-59) in all of Major League Baseball. They followed up an incredible regular season where they won 63.6% of the time with their 27th World Series title.
But imagine, Yankees fans, a year in which the Bronx Bombers never lose a single game. An undefeated regular season...perfection at its greatest! Author and former Yankees PR Director Mary Appel envisions just that in his new book 162-0: Imagine a Yankees Perfect Season.
Complete with a foreword from Red Sox killer Bucky Dent, Appel chronicles the most memorable victories on each and every single day of the baseball calendar season, including:
- Mickey Mantle's Yankee debut against Boston on April 17, 1951
- Babe Ruth homering in the first-ever game played at Yankee Stadium on April 18, 1923
- Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak reaching 56 games in Cleveland on July 16, 1941
- Derek Jeter tying Lou Gehrig's record for most Yankees hits on September 9, 2009
- Roger Maris launching his 61st home run to break Babe Ruth's all-time record and defeat the Red Sox on October 1, 1961
- Bucky Dent's unforgettable home run against Boston on October 2, 1978 to help the Yankees win the American League East
Ranging from games with incredible historical significance to great individual Yankee achievements, 162-0: Imagine a Yankees Perfect Season is a must-have for Yanks fans that reflects back on the greatest moments in New York Yankees lore and ponders the impossible...a perfect season both in the Bronx and on the road.
About the author: Marty Appel, former New York Yankees Public Relations Director and their Emmy Award-winning TV producer, is the author of 18 books including the New York Times best seller Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain, the Yankees classic memoir Now Pitching for the Yankees, and collaborations with Tom Seaver, Bowie Kuhn, Larry King, and umpire Eric Gregg. He runs Marty Appel Public Relations (www.AppelPR.com) out of New York City.
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