Gimme Five: The New York Yankees

The house that Ruth built : a new stadium, the first Yankees championship, and the redemption of 1923 / Robert Weintraub.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2011.

In 1923, the losing New York Yankees played their first season on their own field, and everything changed. Babe Ruth bounced back from a contentious season to carry the team to their first title. This is the untold tale of the Yankees' breakout season.

Yankee colors : the glory years of the Mantle era / photographs by Marvin E. Newman ; text by Al Silverman ; foreword by Yogi Berra. New York : Abrams Book, c2009.

Tells the story of the legendary period during the 1950s and 1960s when New York baseball was supreme. This book features many colour photographs and portraits of Yankee greats such as Mickey Mantle,

Ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning : 1977, baseball, politics, and the battle for the soul of a city / Jonathan Mahler. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.

A passionate and dramatic account of a year in the life of a city, when baseball and crime reigned supreme, and when several remarkable figures emerged to steer New York clear of one of its most harrowing periods.

The last boy : Mickey Mantle and the end of America's childhood / Jane Leavy. New York : Harper, c2010.

Drawing on interviews with friends and family, as well as teammates and opponents, "New York Times"-bestselling author Leavy delivers the definitive account of one of the biggest talents and most tragic figures ever to play baseball--Mickey Mantle.

56 : Joe DiMaggio and the last magic number in sports / Kostya Kennedy.
New York, N.Y. : Sports Illustrated Books, c2011.

Recounts Joe DiMaggio's streak during the summer of 1941 and how it found its way into countless lives.