The New York Yankees - you love them or you hate them. Douglass Wallop is one of the latter. He's the writer whose 1954 story about dreams of beating the Yankees became a beloved American musical.

The musical comedy features a book by George Abbott & Douglass Wallop and music & lyrics by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross. DAMN YANKEES originally debuted on Broadway in 1955, directed by Abbott; it won ...

UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS #1: (As characters, singing) We've got heart, miles and miles and miles of heart. SIMON: "Damn Yankees" is a fantasy about making a deal with the devil to win the pennant against ...