Marty Appel is no stranger to Yankee fans. While most younger fans may know him from his appearances on "Yankeeography," Mr. Appel has accomplished a great deal in the world of sports.
Marty
Appel Public Relations
was established in March
1998 by
Marty Appel, a veteran of 32
years of experience in communications,
public relations and writing.
The company, based in New
York City, specializes in
the communications
needs of sports, broadcast,
and publishing clients.
Mr.
Appel, who has won an Emmy Award, a Gold Record, and
written
award-winning books, is the company’s president.
New
York Yankees to Olympic Games He
was the youngest public relations
director ever selected to lead
a major league baseball team
and was George Steinbrenner’s
first hire in that position with
the New York Yankees. After nine
years with the Yankees, under
both CBS and Steinbrenner ownership,
Appel went on to direct public relations
for Tribune Broadcasting’s WPIX
in New York and to serve as the Yankees
Executive Producer concurrently. He
later directed public relations for
the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic
Games and the Topps Company before
opening his own agency.
His client
base extends beyond the sports field, including NYC Health & Hospitals
Corp., Columbia
University’s
New Teacher Institute, a communications course in Harlem’s
District 5 for an after-school program, the New York City
D.A.R.E.
program, the Maritime Association, Boys and Girls Clubs of
America, the New York Academy of Medicine’s ‘Doctors
Against Handgun Injury’ program, and Mickey Mantle’s
Restaurant. Sports clients include Topps, The Sporting News,
The Football
Network, The Yogi Berra Museum, and the Yankees.
SPORTSTALKNY (Wednesday, February 25, 2009)
Marty Appel & Dan Duquette: Mascot Madness SHOW #61
Jack Briggs, Assistant Sports Director / Associated Press Broadcasting - Washington, D.C.(September 9, 2007): "You are without doubt the best PR guy around. I mean for the AP to clear the story and then minutes later you have this release, now, that is impressive..."
Author
of Sixteen Books He
has also done public relations for World Team Tennis’
New York Apples and for the Office of the Baseball Commissioner.
His 16 books include collaborations with Larry King, Bowie Kuhn,
Tom Seaver, Lee MacPhail, umpire Eric Gregg, Thurman Munson,
the definitive collection of Hall of Fame biographies in Baseball’s
Best, and the award-winning biography “Slide,
Kelly, Slide”
about a 19th century baseball star. His autobiography, “Now
Pitching for the Yankees,” named best New York baseball
book of 2001 by ESPN, was published in June 2001.