The Athletic All night, I could not help but think about “The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant,” which was one of my favorite books when I was a kid.* *Interestingly, I never liked the musical that it inspired Damn Yankees. I only say “interestingly” because I’m a Broadway musical nerd, something that I would not have said about myself until I found myself the other day singing the entire “Gee, Officer Krupke” song from