![]() ![]() The book quotes Cashman as saying team chemistry is “off the charts” because the organization decided to mold all of its young prospects into a “team first” philosophy after Joe Torre’s post 2001 teams began to go their own way while the manager made Bigelow Tea commercials that drove the owner into jealous rage. ![]() Torres is already a national hero in Venezuela, another form of pressure on the young man.Īndujar dresses up, hits the clubs, dances around the clubhouse, just an uninhibited player who lives to hit. Klapisch, whose daily reporting forms the foundation of this book, notes that Torres calls his parents and family back home in chaotic Caracas every day, worrying about their safety in a country on the verge of a revolution. So when the book began with observations about the differing personalities of Gleyber Torres (serious) and Miguel Andujar (outgoing), my hopes were raised. ![]() It’s not that hard because I do not live and breathe for the pinstripes in my old age. My rule of thumb with Yankee books is this: tell me something I do not know. Great anecdotes and insights early on, then a transition to segments on Brian Cashman, Hal Steinbrenner and Randy Levine (a boot-licking ode to the club President). Currently 680th on Amazon bestseller list, this 213-page book by long-time Yankee beat writer Bob Klapisch and co-author Paul Solotaroff starts off fast and then tails off, kind of like the 2018 Yankee team it focuses on. ![]()
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