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Buster Olney
Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty:
The Game, the Team, and the Cost of Greatnesss

No team since the dawn of free agency has dominated the game of baseball like the New York Yankees did during the six seasons from 1996 to 2001, winning four World Series in five of those years. Jeter, Clemens, Rivera, Pettite, Williams, O'Neill, Martinez--the Yankees' stars performed not merely as the collection of high-priced star players they were, but as a team, with peerless ability and grace. Buster Olney covered the Yankees for The New York Times during four of those unstoppable seasons, witnessing firsthand not only the day-to-day magic, but also the behind-the-scenes toll that the drive for perfection took. Olney's bestselling publication is the first serious book about the incredible Joe Torre era. Offering in-depth portraits of key players and management, Olney provides a perceptive account of what drove the Yankees to unprecedented success--and how the relentless push ultimately led to the unraveling of that near perfect team.With his knowledge and love of baseball, and literate, commanding prose, Buster Olney is perhaps the writer best qualified to recreate the Yankees saga. Authoritative and insightful, The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty is the book that the story of this remarkable team deserves.

"Buster Olney's The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty is vivid, informed, and gracefully written. Like his coverage of the Yankees for the New York Times, it's sports writing at its very best."
-- David Halberstam

" The best and clearest view yet inside the secret society that is the New York
Yankees."
--John Feinstein, author of Season on The Brink and Caddy For Life

Buster Olney covered the Yankees for the New York Times for four years, and has also covered the Padres for the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Orioles for the Baltimore Sun, and the Mets for the New York Times. One of the most-respected sportswriters working today, he is currently a senior writer at ESPN The Magazine and lives in New York.

Photo by Lisa Olney


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