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The Yankee Way

Playing, Coaching, and My Life in Baseball

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Legendary New York Yankee Willie Randolph tells the story of his life playing and coaching for the most storied professional sports franchise in the world, detailing his career on and off the field with some of baseball biggest stars.

In his long-awaited memoir, Willie Randolph shares stories from life in New York Yankee pinstripes, opening up about the team that raised him and the city that molded him.

For over thirty years, Randolph has been a part of Yankee lore and mythology. From the best seat in the stadium he has witnessed the greats, from Reggie Jackson to Don Mattingly to Derek Jeter; larger-than-life managers, including Billy Martin and Joe Torre; and of course The Boss himself. Randolph offers truly unique, firsthand insight into some of the greatest players to ever play the game and the greatest teams ever to call the Bronx their home.

But though Randolph is a Yankee, he is first and foremost a quintessential New Yorker. Brooklyn born and raised, he shares memories of his rise from the projects to the house that Ruth built. Along the way he discusses, his triumphs and struggles on the field and in the dugout, as well as his time spent as manager of the Yankees’ crosstown rivals, the Mets.

As fascinating and thoughtful as Randolph himself, filled with sixteen pages of black-and-white photos, The Yankee Way is a moving portrait of a legendary team, a unique city, and a remarkable man.

 With 16 pages of black & white photos.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 3, 2014
      Randolph played Major League Baseball for six teams, but here the former second baseman choses to focus on his time spent with the New York Yankees. Raised in New York City and a member of the Yankees' so-called "Bronx Zoo" teams in the late Seventies (winning two World Series), Randolph went on to coach third base for the Yankees (collecting four more rings) before eventually becoming the first African-American manager of the Mets. A likable guy who doesn't dish dirt, even when recounting his experiences with self-centered slugger Reggie Jackson and mean-spirited pitcher Roger Clemens, Randolph takes a semi-chronological approach. The book is crammed with fond memories of Thurman Munson, Goose Gossage, and even Billy Martin and George Steinbrenner. Randolph glosses over his time spent on other teams, rails against steroid abuse, and spends the final third of the book discussing his "All-Willie Team" â chosen from Yankees who played from 1976-88 and 1994-2004. He also devotes entire chapters to recently retired shortstop Derek Jeter and pitcher Mariano Rivera. While these excursions entertain, readers are left wondering whether Randolph â who's always led a quiet off-field life â ran out of story to tell.

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