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• Harvey Frommer on Sports & Culture

  Harvey Frommer is the author of 40 sports books, including the classics "New York City Baseball" and " and "Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball."   His newest fall 2008 is  Remembering Yankee Stadium:  An Oral and Narrative History of the Hous that Ruth Built (Stewart, Tabori, Chang/Abrams).   (More about this writer.) 

Harvey Frommer on tour for 'Remembering Yankee Stadium: An Oral & Narrative History of 'The House That Ruth Built''

Relive the history that took place in a legendary sports landmark. From the day that it opened in 1923, Yankee Stadium has been the ultimate sports icon. Renowned baseball historian Harvey Frommer has chronicled the stadium's spectacular 85-year journey with priceless photographs, a decade-by-decade narrative, and vivid reminiscences by Hall-of-Famers, fans, sports journalists and historical figures. It is a thrilling history that is a must-have for all baseball enthusiasts. Harvey Frommer is one of the country's leading authorities on baseball history

CURRENT BOOK TOUR DATES AND LOCATIONS:

http://harveyfrommersports.com/Yankeestadium.html#bookings

• Harvey Frommer   "Dartmouth's own Mr. Baseball"  - Dartmouth Alumni Magazine

• "Harvey Frommer brings a vast amount of experience in the art of the oral history, one of the many tools at the disposal of the historian. From his Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball to Red Sox-Yankees The Great Rivalry, Frommer shows that he is a baseball writer and historian of repute."
    -- SABR executive director John Zajc. 

• "First among equals is Harvey Frommer, with his wife Myrna Katz Frommer, a great expert on all things baseball and New York (and that city within a  city,) Brooklyn"  -- John Thorn, Baseball Historian

• Harvey Frommer is an accomplished writer about many facets of baseball." -- George F. Will

• "Baseball's greatest author, Harvey Frommer." -- Seth Swirsky "Baseball Letters"

• FALL 2008 - Remembering Yankee Stadium - An Oral and Narrative History - of the House that Ruth Built by Harvey Frommer

BY HARVEY  FROMMER / COMING FALL 2008

BY HARVEY  FROMMER / RELEASED IN 2007

• HARVEY FROMMER SABR 2005 Keynote Speaker, Cleveland
• Red Sox Vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry
• The Great Rivalry:  Boston Red Sox Versus New York Yankees
• New York City Baseball
• New York City Baseball - Press Release
• A Yankee Century - Press Release
• Washington.Post.Com chat on Red Sox/Yankees and Baseball
• Red Sox Nation Interview With Harvey Frommer
• Review of Red Sox vs Yankees from USA Today Sports Weekly
• Baseball Almanac: Red Sox Vs Yankees: The Great Rivalry
• Harvey Frommer on NPR
• The Hartford Courant Book Review "Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry"
• Jackie Robinson Remembered
• PMA Announces Sale of Five O'Clock Lighting:  The Life and Times of the 1927 New york Yankees - New Harvey Frommer Book  
• Red Sox Nation Interview with Harvey Frommer 
• Sports Junkies Book of Trivia, Terms, and Lingo
• Where Have All Our Red Sox Gone?
• Old-Time Baseball
• Pumpsie Green
• On Jackie Robinson
• Harvey Frommer on Baseball on CNN Podcast April 2006
• FIVE O'CLOCK LIGHTING, NEW YORK POST, August 12, 2007
• Five O'clock Lightning:  Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the 1927 New York Yankees, the Greatest Baseball Team E
• Yankee Stadium Firsts - (A Very Partial List)
• COMING FALL 2008 - Remembering Yankee Stadium - An Oral and Narrative History - of the House that Ruth Built by Harvey Frommer
• Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball

• Baseball
  • Shoeless Joe Remains a Scapegoat
  • Greatest Sports Scandal of Century: The 1919 Black Sox (Part I)
  • Greatest Sports Scandal of Century: The 1919 Black Sox (Part II)
  • The Mets Have Always Been Amazing
  • A Brief History of the Subway Series
  • Men Playing a Little Boy's Game
  • Yanks vs. Red Sox Baseball's Greatest Rivalry
  • The Rivalry: Yanks vs. Red Sox
  • Yankee Stadium's First Opening Day
  • The Yankee Mystique
  • Celebrating Wee Willie Keeler
  • Celebrating Jackie Robinson
  • Celebrating Hank Greenberg
  • Remembering the "Big Train" Walter Johnson"
  • Remembering the Yankee Clipper: Joe DiMaggio
  • Pee Wee Reese was no Pee Wee
  • The Nolan Ryan Express Was Always on Time 
  • Baseball's Trading Days are Upon Us
  • Bobby Thomson's Famous Homer Lives On 
  • Satchel Paige: The World's Greatest Pitcher Part I 
  • Satchel Paige: The World's Greatest Pitcher Part II
  • Willie Mays Is 70
  • Happy Birthday, Babe!
  • Happy Birthday, Sandy!
  • Out of Brooklyn - Sandy Koufax
  • Gehrig's Streak
  • Baseball's First Professional Team is Born
  • Baseball's Trading Days are Upon Us
  • Sparky Anderson Deserves Hall of Fame Nod
  • The Birth of National League Baseball
  • The First World Series of the Century
  • Midsummer Classic: Midsummer Mockery
  • Vandy's Masterpiece: The Double No-Hitter
  • Little League Grows From Humble Beginnings
  • Century's Greatest Sports Accomplishment - Part 1
  • Century's Greatest Sports Accomplishment - Part 2
  • New York City Baseball Madness
  • Nolan Ryan Has Plenty of Power Left
  • The Last World Series of the 20th Century - a Retrospective
  • Baseball's Hall of Fame is 61 Years Old
  • Remembering Irving Rudd
  • The Harmonica Incident: August 20, 1964
  • Don Larsen - The Perfect Game - October 8, 1956 
  • The First Yankee Home Game
  • Yankees by the Numbers
  • Yankee Talk: A Sampler
  • David Wells' Perfect Game
  • Gionfriddo's Catch
  • First Designated Hitter to Bat: April 6, 1973
  • The Copa Incident: May 16, 1957
  • Joe Dimaggio's 56 Game Hitting Streak Began May 15, 1941
  • Red Sox/Yankees: Bucky Dent's Home Run October 2, 1978
  • Fourth of July, 1939 - Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day, Farewell Speech
  • David Cone, The Perfect Game, July 18, 1999
  • Johnny Blanchard, Four Straight Hommers - July 21- 22, 1961
  • The Eleven Walk Inning: September 11, 1949
  • Allie Reynolds - The Two No-Hitters, 1951
  • The Called Shot - October 1, 1932
  • The Bevens' No-Hitter Lost: October 3, 1947
  • Jim Leyritz and the Great World Series Comeback: OCTOBER 23, 1996
  • Red Sox-Yankees, One More Time!
  • Profile: Don Mattingly
  • Albert Pujols, Meet Joe DiMaggio!
  • Profile: Mickey Mantle
  • The Worst (Best for the Yankees) Deal in Baseball History - Harry Frazee Sells Babe Ruth to New York
  • Sports Profile: Joe McCarthy
  • Sports Profile: Joe DiMaggio
  • First Designated Hitter, Ron Blomberg, April 6, 1973
  • First Match Up At Fenway: April 20, 1912
  • The Mogridge No Hitter at Fenway, April 24, 1917
  • What's In A Yankee Name?
  • What In A Yankee Name? Part Two
  • Dwight Gooden No Hitter, May 14, 1996
  • Miller Huggins: The Mighty Mite Manager
  • Mickey Mantle Day, June 8, 1969
  • Lou Gehrig: Four Home Runs, June 3, 1932
  • Baseball Flashback: Babe Ruth's First Home Run, May 16, 1915
  • Babe Ruth's Final Appearance: June 13, 1948
  • Joe DiMaggio Show at Fenway Park: June 28-30, 1949
  • The 90th Anniversary of Babe Ruth's Major League Debut
  • Pine Tar Game July 24, August 18, 1983
  • The Blood Feud: Red Sox Vs. Yankees
  • Sports Profile: Thurman Munson
  • Sports Profile: Billy Martin
  • New York Yankees Baseball Quiz, Part 1
  • New York Yankees Baseball Quiz, Part 2
  • New York Yankees Baseball Quiz, Part 3
  • The Boston Massacre: September 7-9, 1978
  • The Worst Yankee Team (1990: 67-95.414)
  • Dodgers Finally Beat Yanks in World Series, October 4, 1955
  • The Chesbro Wild Pitch:  October 10, 1904
  • Nice Guys Do Finish First: Congratulations Willie Randolph
  • How Much Better and More Honest Roger Maris Seems Today
  • Baseball Names - and How They Got That Way!  (Part 1)
  • Baseball Names - and How They Got That Way!  (Part II)
  • Congratulations, Jerry Coleman - "The Yankees were not our team, they were our religion."
  • GYP Job: Why Not Roger Maris in the Hall of Fame?
  • First Professional Baseball Team: Flashback
  • Mickey Mantle, Tape Measure Shot, April 17, 1953
  • Remembering Red Ruffing: Sports Profile - "Run, run, run."
  • Celebrating Lou Gehrig
  • One for the Books: "Throwing Heat" and Nolan Ryan
  • Happy 75th Birthday, Boss (George Steinbrenner)
  • Old Time Baseball: March of Timeline
  • Old Time Baseball: Part One: Ball Parks
  • The First No-Hitter in Yankee Stadium History, Monte Pearson, August 27, 1938
  • Old Time Baseball:  Part II Umpires
  • Old Time Baseball: Part III - Equipment
  • Baseball Names - and How They Got That Way! (Part 3)
  • Encore: Yankees vs. Red Sox - The Great Rivalry
  • Roger Maris: The 61st Home Run, October 1, 1961
  • Willie McCovey Lines out to Bobby Richardson, October 16, 1962
  • The 1919 Black Sox - Or Where They?
  • Old time Baseball IV:  Women and Baseball
  • January: Major Big Deal Month in Yankee History
  • Old Time Baseball: The Introduction
  • "Goooooose!" Bruce Sutter, Yes, Goose Gossage, No?
  • Holy Cow:  Phil Rizzuto
  • Pumpsie Green
  • Baseball Names - and How They Got That Way! (Part 4)
  • The Greatest Team: 1927 Yankees 110-44 (.714) by Harvey Frommer
  • Bob Sheppard Misses First Yankee Home Opener in Half-Century
  • Chasing Babe Ruth
  • The First Match-Up:  Boston Vs. New York, American League May 7, 1903
  • Yankees By The Numbers (Part II)
  • Herb Pennock: The Good and the Ugly
  • The Record 45th Game of Joe Dimaggio's 56 Game Streak, July 2, 1941
  • The First Black Player on the Yankees
  • The New York Mets of Yore
  • Past as Prologue: Red Sox Vs Yankees
  • Remembering Yankee Stadium
  • Remembering "Broadway" Charlie Wagner
  • Baseball Names and How They Got That Way: Part V
  • Mickey Owen:  The Called Third Strike, October 5, 1941
  • Bill Mazeroski's World Series Homer, October 13, 1960
  • "Spahn and Sain and Pray for Rain"
  • 1927 New York Yankees: The Greatest Baseball Team Ever
  • Five O'clock Lightning:  Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the Greatest Team in Baseball History, The 1927 New York Yankees, Announcement
  • Yankees By The Numbers (Part III)
  • Five O'clock Lightning:  Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the Greatest Team in Baseball History, The 1927 New York Yankees - Book Excerpt
  • Yankees Stuff
  • AUGUST 1927: THE NEW YORK YANKEES, (An excerpt from FIVE O'CLOCK LIGHTNING: BABE RUTH, LOU GEHRIG AND THE GREATEST TEAM IN BASEBALL HISTORY, THE 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES to be published fall 2007)
  • Holy Cow! Remembering Phil Rizzuto
  • The Babe Bops Number 60! (An excerpt from: Five O'clock Lightning: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the 1927 New York Yankees, the Greatest Baseball Team Ever, by Harvey Frommer coming this fall)
  • (MARCH  1927, EXCERPT)  FIVE O'CLOCK LIGHTNING: BABE RUTH, LOU GEHRIG AND THE 1927  NEW YORK YANKEES, THE  GREATEST BASEBALL TEAM EVER.
  • Remembering the First Game at Yankee Stadium April 18, 1923
  • Baseball Names - and How They Got That Way! Part IV
  • Barnstorming Around America with the 1927 New York Yankees
  • Baseball Names - and How They Got That Way! Part VII
  • Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig:  "Great American Home Run Derby"
  • Baseball Names - and How They Got That Way! Part VIII
  • Remembering Yankee Stadium: All-Star Games
  • Remembering Bobby Murcer
  • Remembering Yankee Stadium Fire Sale
  • ROLL OUT THE BARREL:THE 1927 Yankees (Book Excerpt)
  • Yankee Stadium by the Numbers (A Very Partial List.)
  • Yankee Stadium Firsts - (A Very Partial List)
  • *Yankee Stadium Prisms and Sidebars - (A Very Partial List.)
  • Remembering Yankee Stadium: Opening Day 1923
  • Happy Birthday, Johnny Pesky
  • Remembering Yankee Stadium: 30's
  • Remembering Yankee Stadium: 40's
  • Remembering Yankee Stadium: 50's
  • Remembering Yankee Stadium 60's
  • Remembering Yankee Stadium: 70'S
  • Remembering Yankee Stadium 80's
  • Remembering Yankee Stadium: 90's
• Basketball
  • Remembering the New York Renaissance Five
  • NBA Quiz 2000
  • Bill Bradley - A Born Leader
  • Lowest Scoring NBA Game
  • What's in an NBA Name? Part I
  • What's in an NBA Name? Part II
  • What's in an NBA Name? Part III
  • Chamberlain Scored 100 Points!
  • Red Holzman Would Have Loved It
  • The NBA's Greatest Game
  • Tales from NBA Draft History
  • The Great NBA Shootout
  • Basketball Names - and How They Got That Way! (Part 1)
  • What's In An NBA Name? Part IV
• Football
  • NFL Quiz 2000
  • 'The Catch' Spurred 49ers Greatness
  • Bell Made NFL Draft a Reality
  • Another Dorsett Will Play In Big Game 
  • Celebrating "Broadway Joe" Namath - Part I
  • Celebrating "Broadway Joe" Namath - Part II
  • The First Super Bowl Was a Thrill
  • The Greatest NFL Game Ever Played
  • The Immaculate Reception
  • Football Names and How They got That Way
• Tennis
  • History of Tennis an Intriguing Tale
  • The Other Babe ( Mildred Didrikson Zaharias) Was Simply Awesome 
• Hockey
  • Hockey's Roots Go Way Back - Part 1
  • Hockey 's Roots Go Way Back - Part II
  • Happy Birthday, Bobby Hull
  • Maurice "Rocket" Richard Still Fighting
• Boxing
  • Happy Birthday Ali! 
• Soccer
  • The Name 'Pele' Stirs Memories 
  • The Language of Soccer (Football) Part I
  • The Language of Soccer (Football) Part 2
• Sports Dates
  • Dec. 7 a Day Loaded With Sports History
  • January 1 - A Day of Sports Firsts and Oddities
• Book Reviews
  • A Look at the Season's Best Sports Books
  • Variety of Sports Books for November
  • Sports Books emphasize Century's End
  • Grand Slam Reading
  • And The Crowd Goes Wild
  • Let's Go To The Videotape by Warner Wolf
  • Drawing A Crowd: Bill Gallo
  • And the Fans Roared / (Garner)
  • ESPN the Uncensored History - July 31st. 2000
  • The Book Review: A Double Treat for Boxing Fans
  • "Hurricane" is a Compelling Read
  • Muhammad Ali Ringside
  • The Devil and Sonny Liston
  • 'Total Football II' a Must for Football Fans
  • Archie and Manning Go for the End Zone with New Book
  • "ABC Sports College Football All Time All-America Team"l
  • A Feast For Football Fans
  • My Final Season - Bill Parcells
  • Never Die Easy - Walter Payton's Final Gift to Us
  • Everything you wanted to know about the NFL - go ahead and ask
  • Football Legends Get Books They Deserve
  • These Books are Treats for Hockey Fans
  • "Hockey All-Stars" is a stunning visual and statistical record
  • Great Golfing Reads
  • Official NBA Trivia
  • "Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love"
  • Red Smith on Baseball
  • Hot Stove Reading
  • The Head Game - Book Review
  • Book Tells the Tale of Fenway
  • Baseball Books on Parade
  • Top Baseball Reference Work: "Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia" 
  • New Dickson Baseball Dictionary
  • The Barry Halper Collection of Baseball Memorabilia
  • Baseball's Best Shots is Picture Perfect
  • The Life You Imagine - Derek Jeter
  • Baseball is Pure Entertainment
  • The Tall Ships
  • The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics, Sydney 2000 Edition
  • The Book on Marion
  • Soccer Sisters
  • The Girls of Summer
  • It's Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong
  • Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan
  • Yankee Doodle Dandies: Yankee Books
  • Top Books for Sports Encyclopedia Fans
  • The Pride of Havana: Baseball in Cuba
  • Sports Books Geared to All Tastes
  • Terrific Hoop Reading
  • A Variety of Baseball Books for October
  • The Most Memorable Moments in Major League Baseball History
  • What Baseball Means to Me
  • The Evangelist of Golf, The Story of Charles Blair Macdonald
  • Cracked Sidewalks and French Pastry: The Wit and Wisdom of Al McGuire
  • Big Game, Small World
  • Spring Training Is Here
  • Books on Ballparks and Other Baseball Matters
  • The Golden Voices of Baseball
  • Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston
  • Super Hot Stove League Reading
  • Quest For The Cup
  • "Baseball Timeline" and "Baseball Desk Reference"
  • The Two Rogers: Kahn and Angell on Baseball
  • "Pride of October" - Bill Madden's Gem
  • "DiMaggio: Setting the Record Straight"
  • "Open"
  • "Lost Links"
  • The Ballpark Book
  • Me and My Dad: A Baseball Memoir
  • Everest and other Worthy Reads
  • Something to Write Home About
  • Moneyball " and Other Worthy Baseball Books
  • The Last Sure Thing" is a Page Turner
  • Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville
  • "Going Long" and other Worthy Reads
  • "Return to Glory" and other Worthy Reads
  • World Series:  An Opinionated Chronicle
  • The Great Rivalry: The Boston Red Sox v.s. The New York Yankees
  • Taking on the Yankees and Other Baseball Reads
  • "Dick Vitale's Living a Dream" - and Other Worthy Reads
  • REACHING FOR THE STARS and other Baseball Reads
  • High Above Courtside
  • The Super Bowl of Advertising and Other Gridiron Reads
  • Outrageous Reads: "L.T. Over the Edge," "Only the Strong Survive" and Other Baseball Reads
  • February Baseball Book Roundup
  • ROTHSTEIN and other Baseball Reads
  • "Fred Claire: My 30 Years in Dodger Blue"
  • A Range of Options
  • Just in Time - Interesting Baseball Reads
  • THE BASEBALL ENCYCLOPEDIA and Other Reading Treats About the National Pastime
  • 1,001 Reasons to Love Baseball and Other Reads
  • MARION JONES and Other Sensational Reads
  • Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America and Other Sports Reads
  • "One Day at Fenway" and Other September Reads

  • "Negro League Baseball" and Other Reads

  • "Garden of Dreams" and Other Special Reads

  • Games Do Count

  • Holiday Roundup 2004 Part 1

  • Holiday Roundup 2004 Part 2

  • Juiced and Other Sporting Reads

  • Baseball. . . The Perfect Game, Red Sox Vs Yankees Reads and other sporting fare

  • The 50 Greatest Yankee Games
  • Ladies and Gentlemen, THE BRONX IS BURNING and other Notable Reads
  • Father's Day 2005: Have Glove Will Travel and Other Reads
  • LUCKIEST MAN and Other Interesting Reads
  • The Gene Conley Story: One of a Kind - Sports Book Review
  • "THE SPORTS JUNKIES BOOK OF TRIVIA, TERMS, AND LINGO"
    What They Are, Where They Came From, and How They Are Used
  • University Press Offer Fine Sporting Reads
  • Incredibly Wide Ranging Reading Choices for All Kinds of Interests
  • Holiday Sporting Reads 2005 - (Part 1)
  • Holiday Sporting Reads 2005 - (Part 2)
  • "Smithsonian Baseball" And Other Terrific Reads Spring Training - Part 2
  • Spring Training - Part 1
  • Spring Training - Part 2
  • Spring Training - Part 3
  • The Only Game in Town and Other Sporting Reads
  • Built to Win and Other Noteworthy  Reads
  • "Shades of Glory" and Other Sporting Reads
  • Chasing Bonds and Other Sporting Reads June 8th 2006
  • FANTSYLAND and other Sporting Reads
  • The Book Review: Bill Lee and Other Tomes of Note
  • The Book Review: The Two Rogers (Angell and Kahn)
  • MICKEY MANTLE: Stories and Memorabilia From a Lifetime with The Mick and Other Sporting Reads
  • "Bury My Heart at Cooperstown" and Other Holiday 2006 Reads
  • THE HARDBALL TIMES BASEBALL ANNUAL and other Hot Stove Reads
  • Crazy '08 and Other Worthy Reads
  • STAT BOOK TREATS FOR ALL: The 2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia and More
  • DEADBALL STARS of the American League and Other Spring Reads
  • Jonathan Eig's "Opening Day" and Other Fine Reads
  • “The Joy of Keeping Score” and Other Interesting Reads
  • Keepers from Bison Books and other Reads
  • "THROUGH A BLUE LENS" and other Special Reads
  • "The Pride and the Pressure: A Season Inside the New York Yankee Fishbowl" and Other Interesting Reads
  • Five O'Clock Lightning - Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and the Greatest Team in Baseball,the 1927 New York Yankees
  • "Senior Year" and other Mid Summer Reads
  • Holiday Reads, 2007: Part I: "The Best Game Ever," "Connie Mack," "The Ultimate Yankees Companion," etc.
  • Holiday Reads, 2007: Part II: "How Bill James "Changed Our View of Baseball," "A Well-Paid Slave,"  "Harvard Boys,"  "Gretzky to Lemieux,"etc.
  • "I Live for This!: Baseball's Last True Believer," and other reads for March 2008
  • "Vindicated" Heads the List of an Avalanche of 2008 Baseball Books
  • “Walkoffs, Last Licks and Final Outs”  and Other  Worthwhile  Reads
  • May Reads for Sports Fans
  • June Reads for Sports Fans
  • "The Greatest Game" and other Very Interesting Reads
  • "Baseball Bits" and other August reads
  • RED SOX THREADS & other August Reads
  • Babe Ruth: Remembering the Bambino in Stories, Photos and Memorabilia
  • SPAHN, SAIN and TEDDY BALLGAME & other intriguing reads
  • Yankee for Life and Other Reads

   

  Harvey Frommer "Dartmouth's own Mr. Baseball"   Dartmouth Alumni  Magazine/  HarveyFrommerSports.com *Remembering Yankee Stadium(Definitive Book) http://www.hnabooks.com/images/sites/9/redirects/yankees/  "New & Notable" Amazon.com/  "Outstanding performance"ROGER KAHN/"Spectacular"FOX SPORTS.COM/"Essential keepsake"TIMEOUT NY/ "Stunning oral history"NY ONE/"A must.Grand slammer."ESPN/"Frommer delivers."NY DAILY NEWS/"One of the fnest." BRONX   BANTER/"Glorious oral history."WFAN/"Best one.Great book"XM RADIO/"Absolute classic"CBS RADIO/"Beats any Yankee Book hands down"BEHIND.BOMBERS.COM/"Brilliantly,beautifully documents."BLOG RADIO/ "Amazing"SPORTSOLOGY/"Mother of all look backs."TBS SPORTS/"Marvelous"NJ JEWISH NEWS/ "Definitive"ST.PAUL PIONEER PRESS/"Masterpiece."BOY OF SUMMER/"Must Have"PINSTRIPE PRESS/ "Rewarding prose"SI/"Photopanorama"HISTORYWIRE.COM/"Best book on best ball park by best writer." SARFMRADIO/ "Excellent" SPORTS MEDIA/"Spectacular."MSN