Interview: Splendor In The Bronx – Marty Appel Teaches Young Yankee Fans Pinstripe Pride

Splendor In The Bronx – Marty Appel Teaches Young Yankee Fans Pinstripe Pride

Huffpost Sports
03/04/2016 01:04 pm ET

by Michael Levin, NYT Bestselling Author, Amazon Kindle #1 Business Book Author; CEO, BusinessGhost.com, BooksAreMyBabies.com


Marty Appel, the Yankee fan’s Yankee fan, has been a part of the team’s universe for nearly a half a century – or even more if you count his time as a young fan. He had personal contact with all of the legends, from Yogi, Casey, and Mickey to Rizzuto, Torre, and Jeter. Who better to teach your kids about the Yanks?

Appel has captured Yankee magic and history in his magnificent Bombers history for kids, Pinstripe Pride. The book is coming out this month in paperback from Simon & Schuster.

I caught up with Marty to get a sense of what Yankee tradition means to the ultimate Yankee traditionalist.

Read the interview here

Marty Appel