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'Damn Yankees' relives days when baseball was king

Special to the Village News

The only team in baseball history to win the World Series five times in a row is the New York Yankees. Even so, not every fan loved the bums.

From 1949 to 1953, the New York Yankees ruled baseball. With players like Mickey Mantle in the outfield, the team dominated the game especially against clubs like the luckless Washington Senators.

Douglass Wallop’s book "The Year the Yankee’s Lost the Pennant" was published in 1950 and became the book for "Damn Yankees", co-written with George Abbott.

The music and lyrics were written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross who both g...

 

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