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Profiles the only American League player to hit both four hundred home runs and three thousand base hits, the Boston Red Sox superstar who spent twenty-three years in the big leagues and won baseball's last triple crown in 1967. ... Read more

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It's one of the best baseball biographies I have ever read.
Kudos to Mr. Long.This is a fine read.A must for Red Sox Fans.The perfect stocking stuffer for that baseball fan on your Christmas list. ... Read more

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An inspiring 23-year baseball odyssey laid bare, from one of the greatest hitters to play the game.

When the season was on the line, Carl Yastrzemski made history. No New Englander who lived through the summer of 1967 will ever forget Yaz single-handedly powering the also-ran Red Sox through the tightest race ever--winning the American League pennant on the final day of the season. Leading the league in batting average, home runs and RBIs that year, Yaz became the last player to win baseball's Triple Crown.

Now Yaz tells the very personal story of one of the most prolific and eventful careers in baseball. From Ted Williams to Carlton Fisk, from the "Impossible Dream" season to the Greatest Game Ever Played, Yastrzemski's story is filled with the greatest players and most exciting moments in baseball history. ... Read more

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Best book on Yaz
Carl Yastrzemski is my all-time favorite baseball player.My son bought me this book for Christmas last year.It is the most complete book that I've read about Yaz.Nice illustrations and the perfect coffee table book for all Yaz fans.My life-long dream is to meet Yaz.......who knows, maybe some day?

Yaz Connects Yet Again!
Carl Yastrzemski has always fascinated me.I was in awe of him as a child, astounded by him as a young man.This is the third autobiography I have read of his, and I wasn't the least bit disappointed.Great work, Yaz - for I'll always salute you.AND as a bonus, there is a disc.Some clips I had never seen which included clips from both the 67 & the 70 allstar game!

A must for Red Sox fans
One thing that's great about being a Red Sox fan is the huge selection of books about the team and its players.Here is a new autobiography of Yaz, apparently all in his own words since no co-author is listed.It's a very admirable package.The book is nicely written, capturing Yaz's development as a player and all the key moments in his career, a career highlighted by the memorable 1967 and 1975 seasons.Like Ted Williams before him, Yaz's individual achievements were enormous but the highest achievements of the teams he played for consisted only of near-misses.His greatest legacy, perhaps, is that he was a player who gave it everything he had, day in and day out, and made the utmost of his ability.Yaz confesses that he did not enjoy playing baseball so much as it was something that consumed him.

The collection of photographs in this book are the best I have seen in any baseball book, large, high-quality pictures spanning the period from the early days of baseball right up to Yaz's retirement.Many of the shots come from Sports Illustrated magazine.

As for the DVD, I can't give it any points for being well-organized.The clips are thrown together haphazardly with no narration to hold them together.Nonetheless there are some vintage moments captured, from Yaz's homers in the 1967 World Series to his emotional farewell at Fenway.It's hard to believe that farewell came 24 years ago.

YAZ - MY FAVORITE BALLPLAYER
I'm writing this review at a time when (1) Michael Vick has just been indicted for hosting dog fighting events (2) Mr. "I Didn't Know I Was Taking Steroids" Barry Bonds is on the threshold of breaking Hank Aaron's all time home run record (3) riders in the Tour de France are dropping like flies thanks to positive drug tests (4) NFL player Pacman Jones is under investigation for his involvement in a fight in Las Vegas that involved firearms and left one man paralyzed and a few other scandals that I just can't recall right now.

Carl Yastrzemski reminds me of a time - an era when the game and sports in general wasn't so "corrupted" by money. Of course, baseball, and every other sport has ALWAYS been a business, but money was, in my opinion, always a secondary thing. Now it seems, an athlete sees his sport as nothing more than a stepping stone to a lucrative endorsement contract. And sponsors couldn't give a damn about the character of the player who's pitching their product. The athlete could be an axe-murdering child molester for all NIKE cares - as long as he sells lots of running shoes for the company.

I came of age in the 60's and glommed onto the Boston Red Sox (despite living in southern California) as my favorite team at a very young age. And Yaz quickly became my favorite player.

I guess what I admired about him was the fact that he may not have been as gifted as some other players of the era or been blessed with incredible athletic prowess, but he worked very, very hard at his craft and always gave 100% effort. A consumate professional.

And for those of us who were around in the summer of 1967, who could possibly forget Yaz's contribution to the Impossible Dream when he practically single-handedly carried the Red Sox to the pennent and the World Series. Yes - it was painful to watch them lose to the Cardinals and Bob Gibson in game 7, but they did their best and what more could you ask of an athlete.

Again, in an era when you have the likes of Terrell Owens or Randy Moss or countless other snivelling, whining little millionaire athletes complaining about everything,it's nice to be able to look back at the career of a man like Yaz and know that there were - and still are - some athletes who took / take their responsibilities as both a player and role model very seriously.

Yaz was not only a Hall of Fame ball player, he was a Hall of Fame human being.

Carl, thanks for all of the great memories and thrills you provided to me and countless other Red Sox fans - we'll never forget you..!!

Thanks for the Memories, Yaz!
The late great sports writer of the Los Angeles Times, Jim Murray, once said, "You don't pronounce the name Yastrzemski, you sneeze it."The format of this book is great.It has several colored photographs with sufficient text material to keep youngsters interested who may be turned off by too much reading material.The accompanying DVD also provides the reader with highlights to add to the text.An interesting part of the DVD is the Carl Yastrzemski song which was recorded on The Impossible Dream LP record following the 1967 season.Here, on the DVD, however, the song is shortened from the original.Why only four stars?The book needed more careful editing.Page 138 mentions "Don" McAuliffe of the Detroit Tigers who ended up the 1967 season by grounding into his one and only double play of the season.The correct name, of course, should be Dick McAuliffe.In other instances just last names of opposing players are often used which made me think that perhaps the first name had been forgotten.Page 197 has a misprint stating, "The guy who led the club in winds in '77 was Bill Campbell..."Obviously the correct word would be wins.Page 237 begins the page with the capital letter "Y" in a box for the first word of "The."These were careless errors that should have been caught by a proofreader.I may sound picky, but the book rates a strong four stars with me.A great lesson for youngsters in this book is that, although Yaz and other athletes have ability, they still have to struggle and work hard to become the player they are.You don't simply show up and play the game.I know of three former Little Leaguers of mine from the 1970's who were big Yaz fans and are going to receive this as a gift.If you know of a young baseball fan treat him to this book, he'll love both the photos and text, and let him learn about a true sports hero.Our young people certainly need them. ... Read more

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Yaz enjoyed a lifetime of honor in baseball
300 pages scripted to honor Yaz, must read for redsox nation and baseball fans alike.Appears the man had NO faults, would have enjoyed some critique about his dealings with teamates and the fans other than completely positive; however, maybe the man was just a super guy and treated all with respect.

ANOTHER TRIPLE CROWN FOR YAZ
THIS IS THE STORY OF CARL YASTREMSKI OF THE BOSTON RED SOX. HE TELLS US OF HIS STORY ON HIS CAREER AND LIFE. I LIKED HIM AS A PLAYER AND REALLY LIKED THIS BOOK. THE MOST NOTEWORTHY THING I FOUND WAS THE HIS RETELLING OF THE 1967 SEASON. THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM WAS MADE A REALITY BY YAZ'S FANTASTIC SEASON. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS FOR RED SOX AND ALL BASEBALL FANS. A GREAT STORY TO SHOW THAT HARD WORK DOES PAY OFF SOMETIMES.

A great baseball book...
I highly enjoyed the book and its compelling story of one of the finest ballplayers ever. I recommend for people who haven't read a baseball book ina while and want to get back into it.

Dragged a lot
For some reason, this book seemed to take forever to read.It just doesn't get that exciting.A solid tale of a hard working kid that worked his way to greatness, but you won't be sprinting through the pages. Nothing to get excited about.

This book,like Yaz,the BEST!
You really can appreciate the hard workand deadication it took Yaz to achievehis stats! A good hitter and an evenbetter fielder!!! ... Read more

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Yaz by Carl Yaztremski with Al Hirshberg
The autobiography of Carl Yastrzemski, written right after the "impossible dream" seaso.The nstory of the son of a potato farmer, whose father maintained a semi-pro ball club to give Yaz a chance to play. 192 pages.

very informational about Yaz
I thought this book was informational and talked alot about baseball and the old days. ... Read more

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