The October Twelve

Five Years of Yankee Glory 1949-1953

Phil Rizzuto and Tom Horton; Introduction by Yogi Berra

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Phil "The Scooter" Rizzuto, the Hall-of-Fame Yankee shortstop, was the team's national TV announcer for thirty-five years. He now tells the story of his five most exciting seasons, 1949-1953, when he and eleven teammates achieved the impossible dream.

The Yankees won five consecutive World Championships, the longest winning streak in history. The twelve who played on all five teams--Allie Reynolds, Vic Raschi, Eddie Lopat, Yogi Berra, Charlie Silvera, Bobby Brown, Jerry Coleman, Johnny Mize, Joe Collins, Gene Woodling, Hank Bauer, and, of course, Phil--are legends. The October Twelve is their unforgettable story.

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"Not just another Yankee book, but the best one about this fabulous team." --The Nashville Banner

"Nobody can go back as well as Phil Rizzuto to those five World Championships." --Yogi Berra

"Rizzuto is laugh-out-loud funny." --The New York Times Book Review

"The best book I've read on baseball's Golden Age." --Lawrence S. Ritter, author of Glory of Their Times
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The October Twelve
Five Years of Yankee Glory 1949-1953
Phil Rizzuto and Tom Horton; Introduction by Yogi Berra

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Tom Doherty Associates
Forge Books
September 1999
Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780312869915
ISBN10: 0312869916
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 288 pages, 16 pgs b&w phto insert
$14.95
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