The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393326109)

Decades before Field of Dreams there was The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, the classic baseball fable that became the hit movie and musical Damn Yankees. Now a new generation is ready to discover this delightful book, restored to its original title, with a new introduction by baseball writer Bill James.

Baseball lovers everywhere can identify with Joe Boyd, a die-hard Washington Senators fan who puts his soul in hock to help them wrest the pennant away from the hated, all-conquering Yankees. Transformed by the sulfurous Mr. Applegate's satanic magic into twenty-two-year-old phenom Joe Hardy, he leads the hapless Senators in a torrid late-season pursuit of the men in pinstripes. Joe has until September 21st before the deal becomes final--and eternal. With the luscious temptress Lola to distract him, he'll have a hell of a time wriggling out of the bargain...

Author: Douglass Wallop
ISBN-10: 0393326101
ISBN-13: 9780393326109
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2004
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d