Talk:Challenge The Yankees

Sources

@Cunard, I feel that sources may exist for this one, do you see anything? BOZ (talk) 13:08, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). Here are some sources I found about the subject:

1. Fleischer, Brian, ed. (2014). Beckett Almanac of Baseball Cards and Collectibles. Beckett Media. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-936681-71-6. Retrieved 2024-09-07 – via Internet Archive.

   The book notes: "1965 Challenge The Yankees These cards were distributed as part of a baseball game produced in 1965. The cards each measure 4" by 5 3/8" and have square comers. The card fronts show a small black and white inset photo of the player, his name, position, vital statistics, and the game outcomes associated with that particular player's card. The colors used on the front of the card are a blue border at the top and a yellow background for the game outcomes at the bottom. The game was played by rolling two dice. The outcomes (two through twelve) on the player's card related to the sum of the two dice. The game was noted for slightly inflated offensive production compared to real life. The cards are blank backed. Since the cards are unnumbered, they are listed below in alphabetical order within group. The first 23 cards are Yankees and the next 25 are All-Stars. There were also 18 blank cards included in the set for extra players of your choice. These Challenge The Yankees sets were put out in two diferent years, WG9 1964 and WG10 1965, which are difficult to distinguish."

2. D'Angelo, Bob (2015-07-06). "Collecting Challenge the Yankees Game Cards". Sports Collectors Daily. Archived from the original on 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2024-09-07.

   The article notes: "The game had 50 cards with player images — 25 members of the Yankees, and 25 all-stars. The All-Star roster seemed kind of dubious — while Hank Aaron, Al Kaline and Willie McCovey were part of the set, Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente were not. The cards measured 4 inches by 5 3/8 inches and had a small black-and-white photograph in the upper left-hand corner. A facsimile autograph was located to the right of the photo; below that were the results of dice rolls from 2 to 12. The card backs were blank; in fact, the 1964 edition of the game included some blank cards for kids to write in their favorite players."

3. D'Angelo, Bob (2017-06-26). "Challenge The Yankees Game Making A Comeback". Sports Collectors Daily. Archived from the original on 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2024-09-07.

   The article notes: "No, not on the field, although New York has certainly enjoyed a resurgence in the standings this year. It’s the mid-1960s game — Challenge the Yankees — that is being revived after 52 years, as the game’s creator and his son are bringing back the baseball board classic and hope to add a few new twists. ... Roger Franklin came up with the idea for Challenge the Yankees while he was a student at New York University. He was accepted into the Phi Lambda Delta fraternity and was paired with his “big brother,” Allen Finkelson. The game was conceived on the field during a 1949 summer baseball league game in Island Park, New York."

4. Katz, Jeffrey M. (2019). "How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Yankees?". In Krell, David (ed.). The New York Yankees in Popular Culture: Critical Essays. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4766-7464-3. Retrieved 2024-09-07 – via Google Books.

   The book notes: "Of course, the machine did come to a grinding halt after the 1964 season, the very same year that the toy company, Hasbro, released the board game "Challenge the Yankees" (an unvarnished attempt to take advantage of the team's reputation and worldwide popularity)."

5. Krantz, Les (2010). Yankee Classics: World Series Magic from the Bronx Bombers, 1921 to Today. Minneapolis: MVP Books. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7603-4019-6. Retrieved 2024-09-07 – via Internet Archive.

   The book notes: "The Yankees over the years became so indomitable and inflamed so many passions that Hasbro introduced a board game in the 1960s called Challenge the Yankees. Basically it was the Yankees against baseball’s current All-Stars, the implication being that it was difficult for the mighty Yanks to find otherwise worthy opponents."

6. "Viewer's Notebook". New York Daily News. 1965-06-18. Archived from the original on 2024-09-07. Retrieved 2024-09-07 – via Newspapers.com.

   The article notes: "WPIX' telecasts of the Yankee games gains a new participating sponsor, Hassenfeld Bros., manufacturers of a game called "Challenge the Yankees.""

Cunard (talk) 08:25, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Awesome work @Cunard, I am adding these. :) BOZ (talk) 17:39, 7 September 2024 (UTC)