Diving deep into the Steinbrenner era of Yankees' ownership
Columnist Mike Vaccaro, a longtime Bergen County resident, has authored a new book: "The Bosses of the Bronx'' about the Steinbrenner family's tenure.
Longtime Hillsdale resident and New York Post sports columnist Mike Vaccaro has authored a new book, “The Bosses of the Bronx: The Endless Drama of the Yankees Under the House of Steinbrenner,’’ which debuted this weekend at No. 14 on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover non-fiction. On Saturday, April 11, at 1 p.
m. , he’ll be appearing at Bookends in Ridgewood with former Yankees catcher and broadcaster John Flaherty. The following is a brief Q & A with the author.
On memorable personal exchanges with George Steinbrenner The book opens with a memory of their first phone conversation, with Steinbrenner calling Vaccaro, who was at a San Diego hotel during 2003 Super Bowl week. It was 3:27 a. m.
“I hear you want to talk to me. ’’ And after inquiring why Vaccaro was sleeping, “he gave me 40 minutes of gold. ’’ By that time, “he was a different kind of George.
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