Bibliograph

Red Sox century, one hundred years of Red Sox baseball, Glenn Stout and Richard A. Johnson

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Label

Red Sox century, one hundred years of Red Sox baseball, Glenn Stout and Richard A. Johnson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 452-453) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Red Sox century

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

26722143569471

Responsibility statement

Glenn Stout and Richard A. Johnson

Sub title

one hundred years of Red Sox baseball

Summary

For a century now, the Boston Red Sox have meant many different things to many different people, eliciting elation, frustration, nostalgia, nausea, confidence, anger, bewilderment, love, and loss, often all at once. But no matter the ups and downs, in their long, storied history the Red Sox have always managed to provide us with one thing that is certain -- they are the most interesting team ever to have taken the field. RED SOX CENTURY: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF RED SOX BASEBALL 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; through the glory years, which saw the rise of such greats as Cy Young, Babe Ruth, Teddy Ballgame, and Yaz and which witnessed the "Impossible Dream" of 1967 and near misses in 1975 and 1986; to the present, when the Sox are still chasing that elusive sixth world championship -- a championship that fate seems not to want them to have. In these pages, many a Red Sox myth is debunked, and many stories are told for the first time

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- 1901-1902 : the Americans -- 1903 : the first champions -- 1904-1911 : red stockings and red faces -- 1912 : invincible summer -- 1913-1916 : from "rough" to Ruth -- 1917-1918 : the last champions -- 1919-1922 : Harry Frazee and the truth about Ruth -- 1923-1932 : embers in the outfield -- 1933-1935 : the richest boy in the world -- 1936-1938 : Yawkey's ways -- 1939-1941 : enter the kid -- 1942-1945 : of front lines and color lines -- 1946-1949 : three-time losers -- 1950-1960 : Teddy Ballgame -- 1961-1966 : the country club -- 1967 : incredibly beautiful people -- 1968-1975 : "If it stays fair..." -- 1976-1978 : death, disappointment, and Dent -- 1979-1986 : from ruin to rocket and back again -- 1987-2000 : the public trust -- 2001-2004 : history -- Appendix A: Red Sox century teams pre- and post-World War II -- Appendix B: The Red Sox record

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