Core Four and, 194
death, 64, 311–12
evidence-based approach, 66–68, 76, 112, 173
expansion draft untouchable players, 138–39
fielding skills, 61–63
fired as Yankees manager, 7, 65–66
on firing of Livesey, Lukevics, and Elfering, 254
funeral, 311–12
on Gallego, 112
on Hayes, 303
on Janzen, 244
on Jeter, 119, 149, 150, 194, 217, 287, 288–89
on (Roberto) Kelly, 135, 136
Kelly-O’Neill trade, 134–37
at Kent State University, 61
Los Angeles Dodgers career, 62
on lucky trades, 162
Maddux and, 301
on managers, 185
on McDowell, 216
McDowell and, 242
as minor league manager, 65
on O’Neill, 135, 136
personal character, 61
on Pettitte-Hitchcock debate, 152, 284
Pittsburgh Pirates career, 61–62
player-evaluation skills, 65, 66–68
promoted to Yankees general manager, 59–60, 66
refusal to be Yankees manager, 30
relationship with players, 62
removal as Yankees’ general manager, 271–73
on Rivera, 71, 197, 235–37, 287
Rivera trade talks, 231, 233–34
role in Yankees renaissance, xii, 272, 301–2, 309
on Showalter, 28, 102, 104, 111
Showalter and, 109, 185–86, 273–74, 312, 313–14
signing James, 172
as special adviser to Yankees minor league teams, 67
on Stanley, 113, 166
on Steinbrenner, 130, 164–65, 183–84, 250, 252, 286, 310, 311
Steinbrenner and, 59–60, 64–66, 95, 184–85, 217, 249, 288–89
as Steinbrenner-Showalter buffer, 184–85, 273–74
“Stick” nickname, 61
Strat-O-Matic Baseball (board game), 67–68
on Taylor, 93, 95, 175–78, 180, 217
team-building principles, 66–68, 79, 111, 135, 143, 231
Walker and, 235–36
on (Bernie and Gerald) Williams, 86
(Bernie) Williams and, 161
Yankees facial hair policy, 227
Yankees haircut rules, 64, 98, 311
as Yankees manager, 7, 65–66
as Yankees player, 4, 62–63
as Yankees scout, 65, 272
Michaels, Lorne, 77
Milwaukee Brewers, 114, 132, 133, 189, 220, 239
Minnesota Twins, 42
MLB Network, 210
Molloy, Jessica, 114, 144
Molloy, Joe, 114, 139–42, 144, 253, 254
Moneyball, 66–67
Montreal Expos, 118, 205, 206, 211, 213, 215–16
Montville, Leigh, 7–8
Morris, Jamie, 176
Morrison, Dan, 266
Mottola, Chad, 118–19
Mouton, Lyle, 216
MSG Network, 171
Munson, Thurman, 5, 62, 64
Murray, Eddie, 296
N
Nashville Sounds, 23, 33
National Labor Relations Board, 207, 212
National Sports Daily, 47
Nederlander, Robert E., 57–58, 103, 114
Nelson, Jeff, 284, 291, 293
Nero, Alan, 144
Nettles, Graig, 62
Nevin, Phil, 117–18
Newhouser, Hal, 117–18
New Jersey: Yankee Stadium talks, 12–13, 163, 189
Newman, Mark, 121, 122
“New York, New York” (song), 259–60
New York Daily News
“Bombs Away Bernie!,” 297
Bonilla’s confrontation with Klapisch, 158
“Clueless Joe,” 281
Connors’s ire at Showalter, 240–41
Mattingly on Showalter, 275
Spira story, 13, 16
Steinbrenner’s banishment, 56
Steinbrenner’s reinstatement, 131
Taylor’s fight and injury, 176
Yankees acquisition of Boggs, 144
New York Highlanders, 70
New York Knicks, 188
New York magazine, 46
New York Mets
1993 season, 158–59
1994 season, 190
1995 season, 218
2000 World Series, 307
Johnson as manager, 30
off-field problems, 158–59
Sherlock as coach, 121
Torre as manager, 281
New York Post, 97, 171, 204–5, 241
New York Rangers, 188
New York Times
Showalter’s management record, 228–29
Showalter’s tactics, 200–201
Spira story, 16
Taylor’s fight and shoulder injury, 177
writers, xiii, 136
Yankees’ drafting of Jeter, 119
New York Yankees
1968 season, 62
1970 season, 62
1977 World Series, 6, 65
1978 World Series, 6, 7
1980 season, 3–4
1980 season playoffs, 4–5
1981 season, 7
1981 World Series, 7, 13
1982 season, 7–8
1983 season, 8
1984 season, 8
1985 season, 8, 13
1986 season, 8, 143–44
1987 draft, 80
1988 season, 8
1989 season, 9
1990 draft, 74, 75
1990 season, ix–x, 3, 16–17, 29–30, 32, 35–36, 38–44, 56–57, 70, 75–76
1991 amateur player draft, 92–95
1991 season, 78–79, 88–89, 96, 99
1992 draft, 117–19
1992 season, 111–12, 114–16, 119, 128–33, 139, 141–42
1992 winter meetings, 139–41
1993 season, xii, 133–45, 147–48, 156–74
1994 season, xii–xiii, 183, 186–88, 190, 197–205, 208–11, 221
1995 season, xiii, 213–29, 238–56
1995 season aftermath, 271–83
1995 season playoffs, 256–70
1996 season, 283, 286–94
1996 season playoffs, 294–99
1996 World Series, 299–306
1997 season playoffs, 307
1998 season, 307
1998 season playoffs, 307
1998 World Series, 307, 310
1999 season playoffs, 307
1999 World Series, 307
2000 World Series, 307
2001 World Series, 307–8, 312–13
2009 World Series, 308
broadcast rights, 171
CBS Corporation purchase of, 62
clubhouse culture, 108–11, 187
Core Four, 180, 194, 251, 308
dominance in baseball, x, x–xi, xiii, 3, 302, 307–8
expansion draft (1992), 138
free-agent signings, 6
hair policy, 64, 96–98, 123, 226, 311
Henderson trade, 17
managerial changes, 5, 7–9, 30–32, 34–35, 58
minor league system, 120–28, 254
monetary value, 132
Old-Timers’ Day, 129–30, 313
payroll (1980s), 11
pitching coaches, 240
popularity, xi, 171
stadium talks, 12–13
Steinbrenner’s banishment, 51–60, 66, 78, 79, 89, 97–98, 140–41, 144
Steinbrenner’s purchase of, 46
Steinbrenner’s reinstatement, xi, 58, 114–15, 130–32
team-building approach, 6, 62, 66, 69, 120, 122
team camaraderie, 187
trading away young talent, 6, 9, 34, 91
Nisson, Mike, 57
Nixon, Otis, 128
Nixon, Richard, 51
no-hitters
Abbott’s, 167–69
Hawkins’s, ix–x, 38–42,
168, 209, 258, 300
MLB rule change, x, 43
Pérez’s, 42–43
Righetti’s, 169
Nokes, Matt, 89, 97, 113–15, 166
Norfolk Tides, 193
North American Basketball Association, 61
O
Oakland Athletics
1990 season, 29, 76
1990 World Series, 76
1992 season, 115–16, 128
1994 season, 200–202
1995 season, 223, 251
Gallego’s career, 112
Henderson traded to, 17
Van Poppel contract, 95
Oates, Johnny, 297
Old-Timers’ Day, 129–30, 313
Olympic Games (1988), 141
O’Neill, Molly, 136
O’Neill, Paul
1992 season, 136
1993 season, 135–38, 156, 157–58, 161–62, 171, 172
1994 season, 186, 187–88, 200, 203, 205
on 1994 strike, 208, 212
1995 season, 220, 223, 225, 240, 250, 252
1995 season playoffs, 258, 260–62, 265, 268, 269
1996 season, 292–94
1996 season playoffs, 294–95, 298
1996 World Series, 301, 303–5
acquired by Yankees, 135–38, 145
All-Star Game (1994), 188
as clubhouse culture creator, 138, 163
on Mattingly, 187–88
Piniella and, 135, 136
on Seinfeld, 159
tantrums, 136, 162–63, 203, 293
on Yankees dominance, 307
on Yankees renaissance, 309
Oneonta Yankees, 25–27, 80–81, 85, 125, 154
Ontiveros, Steve, 223
owners
collective bargaining agreement, 163–64, 188–89, 202, 215
desire to break union, 189
players’ strike (1994), 207–8
salary cap, 189, 202, 206, 212, 215
strike insurance, 203
P
Pasqua, Dan, 41
Patton (film), 44
payroll tax, 214–15
Peckinpaugh, Roger, 104
Penthouse magazine, 46
Pérez, Mélido
1990 season, 42–43
1992 season, 111–12, 115
1993 season, 162, 170–71
1995 season, 239, 241
Pérez, Pascual, 16, 29, 57, 89, 97, 111
Perry, Gaylord, 3
Peterson, Pete, 59
Pettitte, Andy
1991 season, 125
1992 season, 125, 126
1993 season, 149, 152
1994 season, 191, 197–98
1995 season, 216, 221, 223, 229, 238–39, 244, 250, 254, 256
1995 season playoffs, 258, 265, 268
1996 season, 283, 289–92, 294
1996 season playoffs, 297, 298
1996 World Series, 299, 301, 303, 305
drafted by Yankees, 74, 75
as expansion draft untouchable player, 138
Hitchcock and, 152–53, 197–98, 216, 283–84
major league start, 221, 223
minor league career, 100, 126, 149, 152, 191, 197–98
personal character, 90, 198
at San Jacinto Junior College, 73–74, 90, 239
scouted by Yankees, 73–74, 90
signing with Yankees, 89–91
in trade talks, 244, 283
in Yankees’ Core Four, 180, 251, 308
Pettitte, Tom, 90
Philadelphia Athletics, 229, 300
Philadelphia Phillies, 9, 33, 112–14
Piniella, Lou
on 1970s decisions impacting 1980s Yankees, 6
1980 season, 3
1986 season, 8, 34–35
1988 season, 8
1990 season, 30
1990 World Series, 4, 76
1991 season, 103
1992 season, 135, 136
1995 season, 225–26
1995 season playoffs, 261–62, 264, 265, 268
1996 season, 288
gambling habits, 48
hotheadedness, 136
on Mack, 228–29
O’Neill and, 135, 136
relationship with Michael, 62
on Showalter, 228–29
on Steinbrenner, 248
Steinbrenner on, 48
Steinbrenner’s haircut rules, 64
trade talks, 283, 288
as Yankees general manager, 8
as Yankees manager, 3, 8, 34–35
pitchers: biomechanics, 232–33
Pittsburgh Pirates, 9, 61–62, 88, 218–19
player salaries, 11–12
players’ strike (1981), 7, 202–3
players’ strike (1994–1995), 202–15
1981 strike comparisons, 202–3
economic impact, 210
fan reaction, 204–5, 210–11, 215, 218–19, 239, 252
issues, 202, 206
long-term impact, 309
negotiations, 207, 214–15
poststrike malaise, 239
replacement players, 212, 213–14
revenue-sharing proposal, 207–8
salary cap, 212, 215
settlement, 215
Steinbrenner on, 203–6
World Series cancellation, xii–xiii, 203–4, 208–10
Yankee players reactions to, 205, 212–13
players’ union
collective bargaining agreement, 163–64, 188–89, 202, 215
payroll tax proposal, 214–15
revenue-sharing proposal, 207–8
salary cap and, 212, 215
strength, 189
Plunk, Eric, 17
Polonia, Luis, 17, 187
Porter, Darrell, 5
Posada, Jorge, Jr.
1991 season, 125
1992 season, 126, 127
1993 season, 149, 152, 153
1994 season, 153, 191–94
1995 season, 216, 235, 251, 254
1995 season playoffs, 258, 259, 268
1996 season, 293
1997 season, 293
1998 season, 293
background, 74–75
baseball IQ, 74
broken leg, 193–94
at Calhoun Community College, 74–75, 91
as catcher, 75, 92, 125–26, 152, 153, 192–94
drafted by Yankees, 74, 75
as expansion draft untouchable player, 138
family background, 74, 91, 92
as infielder, 75
on Jeter, 127–28
The Journey Home, 92, 193
minor league career, 100, 125–27, 149, 152–53, 191–94, 216, 235, 293
on-base percentage, 293
personal character, 192
on Pettitte, 152
on Rivera, 237
signing with Yankees, 89–92
in trade talks, 283
University of Alabama scholarship, 91–92
in Yankees’ Core Four, 180, 194, 251, 308
Posada, Jorge, Sr., 74, 91, 126
Posada, Laura, 192
Posada, Leo, 74
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