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It is an eight-episode mini-series adapted from Jonathan Mahler's best-selling book, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning. The book focuses on baseball's triumph over the turmoil and hysteria of 1977 New York City and how the New York Yankees came to embody the hopes and fears of an unforgettable summer with Billy Martin and Reggie ...
Several other managers spent long tenures with the Yankees. Joe McCarthy managed the Yankees from 1931 until midway through the 1946 season. During his tenure, the Yankees won eight American League titles and won the World Series seven times. He won 1,460 regular season games with the Yankees and lost 867, both more than any other Yankee manager.
The Oakland Athletics (A's) of Major League Baseball have difficulty fielding competitive teams due to low revenue and owners who are reluctant to spend money. General manager Billy Beane drafts and develops cheap, young, and talented players [a] —but the A's lose the 2001 American League Division Series (ALDS) to the New York Yankees, baseball's richest and most successful team.
For Love of the Game is a 1999 American sports drama film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Dana Stevens, based on Michael Shaara's 1991 novel of the same title.Starring Kevin Costner and Kelly Preston, it follows the perfect game performance of an aging star baseball pitcher as he deals with the pressures of pitching in Yankee Stadium in his final outing by calming himself with memories of ...
Walter Matthau as Morris Buttermaker, coach of the Bears: A drunken, loud, ex-professional baseball pitcher and part-time pool cleaner, who drives a rundown green Cadillac convertible. Vic Morrow as Roy Turner, coach of the Yankees, who is competitive and aggressive. Joyce Van Patten as Cleveland, league manager, who favors Roy and the Yankees.
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With the Yankees and Dodgers meeting in the World Series for the 12th time in history, we rank the teams' best World Series matchups. ... and the Yankees’ 14.5-game AL East deficit, led to ...
McKinnon seamlessly slipped between over-the-top alien abductees, dead-on impressions, and quirky, wacko characters who felt oddly real. The best cast members, like Phil Hartman, could play the ...