Red Sox century : the definitive history of baseball's most storied franchise / Glenn Stout and Richard A. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stout, Glenn, 1958-

Contributor:

Johnson, Dick, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)--History.

Boston Red Sox (Baseball team).

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 501 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Edition:

First Houghton Mifflin paperback edition, expanded and updated.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.

Summary:

For More Than a Hundred Years, the Red Sox have meant all sorts of things to all sorts of people, often all at once -- elation, frustration, nostalgia, nausea, amazement, bewilderment, love, and loss. But one thing is certain: the Boston Red Sox are the most interesting team ever to take the field. Red Sox Century tells the Red Sox story in its entirety for the first time, from the team's inception in 1901 and its early peak in 1918, when it won its fifth and last World Series; to the glory years, which saw the rise of such greats as Cy Young, Babe Ruth, Teddy Ballgame, and Yaz and witnessed the "Impossible Dream" of 1967; to the near misses in 1975, 1986, and 2003; to now. The Sox are still chasing that elusive sixth world championship -- a championship that fate seems not to want them to have. Now updated through the 2003 season, and including new writing from Thomas Boswell, Red Sox Century is the "definitive look at Fenway's finest...Artistic, well researched, and elegant" (Boston Globe). This is a book that no self-respecting Red Sox fan should be without.

Contents:

1901 / 1902 the Americans 1

1903 the First Champions 23

1904 / 1911 Red Stockings and Red Faces 49

1912 Invincible Summer 73

1913 / 1916 From "Rough" to Ruth 93

1917 / 1918 the Last Champions 113

1919 / 1922 Harry Frazee and the Truth about Ruth 135

1923 / 1932 Embers in the Outfield: Green Light, Green Monster / Luke Salisbury 157

1933 / 1935 the Richest Boy in the World 173

1936 / 1938 Yawkey's Ways 195

1939 / 1941 Enter the Kid 211

1942 / 1945 of Front Lines and Color Lines 231

1946 / 1949 Three-Time Losers: Rooting for the Red Sox / Elizabeth Dooley 245

1950 / 1960 Teddy Ballgame: Knock Downs / Howard Bryant 273

1961 / 1966 the Country Club: The Dead Zone / Charles P. Pierce 295

1967 Incredibly Beautiful People: Summer of '67 / Dan Shaughnessy 315

1968 / 1975 "If It Stays Fair ..." 341

1976 / 1978 Death, Disappointment, and Dent: How Friendly Is Fenway? / Tim Horgan 367

1979 / 1986 From Ruin to Rocket and Back Again: The Autumn of the Rat / Bill Littlefield 389

1987 / 2000 the Public Trust: Musical Chairs on Yawkey Way / Peter Gammons 413

2001 / 2003 the Fix: Destiny Gets Big Assist from Little / Thomas Boswell 445

Appendix A Red Sox Century Teams Pre- and Post-World War II 471

Appendix B The Red Sox Record 474.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 478-479) and index.

ISBN:

0618423192

OCLC:

54883122