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The Curse of the Bambino Or How the Sox Finally End It

Author : Liam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781503545328
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book The Curse of the Bambino Or How the Sox Finally End It written by Liam and published by . This book was released on 2015-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been said that the Red Sox are part of the patrimony of the New England; generation after generation has inherited a fidelity to the cause of the men of Fenway, known throughout New England as ?The Sox?. The Red Sox are as much a part of that historic corner of the American nation as the mountains, lakes, and shoreline that so graphically characterize it. The focal point of this devotion is Fenway Park, the small, old, oddly shaped home field of the Red Sox since April 20, 1912. Built for a game that feeds off its own history, that follows a seamless course through the years, Fenway is an ideal place to watch baseball, where one can sit comfortably with the shadows of George Herman ?Babe? Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Rice, Carlton Fisk, Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens and all other titans who have passed this way. Every Red Sox fan is a shareholder in that history, possesses an anchorage in that past, and holds a ticket in the future. Through their long and unpredictable history the Red Sox have been many things: triumphant, exciting, and gallant, as well as frustrating and disappointing. Through all personnel changes that baseball teams must necessarily undergo, they have never failed to exude a certain charm that is rare in any athletic endeavor. These are the qualities of the Boston Red Sox, one of the ongoing enchantments of New England.

Reversing the Curse

Author : Dan Shaughnessy
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 054734693X
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Reversing the Curse written by Dan Shaughnessy and published by HMH. This book was released on 2006-04-06 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A true insider’s perspective on the 2004 Red Sox” and their World Series win, from the bestselling author of Curse of the Bambino (USA Today). On October 27, 2004, the Red Sox won their first World Series Championship in eighty-six years—breaking the infamous Curse of the Bambino and giving diehard fans the thrill of a lifetime. Reversing the Curse preserves one of the greatest stories in sports history with an absorbing account of the team—a raggedy lineup of motorcycle-riding, whiskey-drinking rogues—and the key events that led to their incredible championship victory. A more epic sports saga could not have been invented: Here we have the curse that began with Babe Ruth; a team of comeback kids determined to prove their mettle; the perennial rivalry against the Yankees; and a historic win that was celebrated around the world. Dan Shaughnessy captures the Sox triumph in all its drama and euphoria with penetrating insight, a keen sense of history, and unparalleled insider access. With photographs by the Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer Stan Grossfeld, Reversing the Curse is the definitive record of a landmark moment in baseball history. “[Shaughnessy is] adept at capturing the mood, the emotion, the palpable feel of the Boston-New York showdown.” —The New York Times “In story after story of near-triumph, the book should delight the team’s most fanatically loyal followers.” —Publishers Weekly

Fenway Fever

Author : John Ritter
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101571985
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Fenway Fever written by John Ritter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Happy 100th Birthday, Fenway Park! "Stats" Pagano may have been born with a heart defect, but he lives for three things: his family's hot dog stand right outside fabled Fenway Park, his beloved Red Sox, and any baseball statistic imaginable. When the family can no longer make ends meet with the hot dog stand, life becomes worrisome for Stats. Then the Sox go on a long losing streak and the team's ace pitcher--and Stats's idol--becomes convinced the famed Curse of the Bambino has returned. Stats just has to help . . . but how? As the Sox faithful sour on their team, Stats forms a plan that ultimately unifies an entire city and proves that true loyalty has a magic all its own. In honor of Fenway Park's 100th birthday, baseball novelist John H. Ritter delivers an inspiring tale for the sports fan in each of us, regardless of team allegiance.

The Curse of Carl Mays

Author : Howard Camerik
Publisher : Virtualbookworm Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1589398823
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book The Curse of Carl Mays written by Howard Camerik and published by Virtualbookworm Publishing. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was it really Bambino's Curse, or something else all along? It's October 25, 1986-for Red Sox Nation, a date that will live in infamy. Game Six. Pat McCarvill is Boston's popular mayor, presiding over a boomtown riding the wave of the "Massachusetts Miracle." Despite his success, he's forever haunted by a youthful decision to abandon a once-promising professional baseball career. McCarvill was born on the anniversary of the tragedy to which he has always felt strangely connected: the death of Ray Chapman, killed by a pitch thrown by a one-time Red Sox star, Carl Mays. Hours before Game Six is to begin, that cosmic connection will un-fold. McCarvill is injured while playing in a pre-game charity event, but the paramedics dispatched to his aid mysteriously travel back to 1920, rescuing Chapman instead. The historical timeline has been tampered with, and back in 1986 things have changed-for McCarvill, for the Red Sox, for all of Boston. Now, a legendary fable will be debunked, a life's regret will be redeemed, and a city's dream will be fulfilled . but at what cost?

The Chicago Cubs

Author : Rich Cohen
Publisher : Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374120927
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book The Chicago Cubs written by Rich Cohen and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After his first Cubs game when Rich Cohen was eight, his father asked him to make a promise. "Promise me you will never be a Cubs fan. The Cubs do not win," he explained, "and because of that, a Cubs fan will have a diminished life determined by low expectations. That team will screw up your life." Here he captures the story of the team, its players and crazy days-- not just what happened, but what it felt like and what it meant. He searches for the cause of the famous curse, and came to see the curse as a burden but also as a blessing.

Red Sox Century

Author : Glenn Stout
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618423194
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Red Sox Century written by Glenn Stout and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now updated through 2003, this enormously popular one-volume history of the Sox is filled with revelations, illustrated with 275 photos and includes personal essays by some of the team's most famous chroniclers.

The Rock, the Curse, and the Hub

Author : Randy Roberts
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674015043
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Rock, the Curse, and the Hub written by Randy Roberts and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rock, the Curse, and the Hub is a collection of original essays about the people and places of Boston sports that live in the minds and memories of Bostonians and all Americans. Each chapter focuses on the games and the athletes, but also on which sports have defined Boston and Bostonians.

Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse (Totally True Adventures)

Author : David A. Kelly
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0307477851
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse (Totally True Adventures) written by David A. Kelly and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-04-14 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before 1918, the Boston Red Sox were unstoppable. They won World Series after World Series, thanks in part to their charismatic pitcher-slugger Babe Ruth. But some people on the Red Sox felt the Babe was more trouble than he was worth, and he was traded away to one of the worst teams in baseball, the New York Yankees. From then on, the Yankees became a golden team. And the Red Sox? For over 80 years, they just couldn’t win another World Series. Then, in 2004, along came a scruffy, scrappy Red Sox team. Could they break Babe Ruth’s curse and win it all?

The Selling of the Babe

Author : Glenn Stout
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466870001
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Selling of the Babe written by Glenn Stout and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER of the Society for American Baseball Research's (SABR) 2017 Larry Ritter Awardfor best baseball book of the Deadball Era The complete story surrounding the most famous and significant player transaction in professional sports The sale of Babe Ruth by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees in 1919 is one of the pivotal moments in baseball history, changing the fortunes of two of baseball's most storied franchises, and helping to create the legend of the greatest player the game has ever known. More than a simple transaction, the sale resulted in a deal that created the Yankee dynasty, turned Boston into an also-ran, helped save baseball after the Black Sox scandal and led the public to fall in love with Ruth. Award-winning baseball historian Glenn Stout reveals brand-new information about Babe and the unique political situation surrounding his sale, including: -Prohibition and the lifting of Blue Laws in New York affected Yankees owner and beer baron Jacob Ruppert -Previously unexplored documents reveal that the mortgage of Fenway Park did not factor into the Ruth sale - Ruth's disruptive influence on the Red Sox in 1918 and 1919, including sabermetrics showing his negative impact on the team as he went from pitcher to outfielder The Selling of the Babe is the first book to focus on the ramifications of the sale and captures the central moment of Ruth's evolution from player to icon, and will appeal to fans of The Kid and Pinstripe Empire. Babe's sale to New York and the subsequent selling of Ruth to America led baseball from the Deadball Era and sparked a new era in the game, one revolved around the long ball and one man, The Babe.

Faithful

Author : Stewart O'Nan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743267532
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Faithful written by Stewart O'Nan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-09-06 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, two fiercely avid Red Sox fans document one of the most eagerly anticipated baseball seasons of all time. From devoted fans O'Nan and King comes this unique chronicle of one baseball team's journey from spring training to post-season play.

Senior Year

Author : Dan Shaughnessy
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0618729054
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book Senior Year written by Dan Shaughnessy and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author chronicles his son's senior year of high school baseball, the boy's obsession with and talent for sports, and his efforts to keep his grades up while deciding what college to attend and avoiding problems until graduation.

At Fenway

Author : Dan Shaughnessy
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
ISBN 13 : 9780609800911
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book At Fenway written by Dan Shaughnessy and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the sports classic "The Curse of the Bambino" relates the history and lore of one of the world's most celebrated sports franchises, the Boston Red Sox, and their beloved and venerable home, Fenway Park.

Francona

Author : Terry Francona
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547928173
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book Francona written by Terry Francona and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francona explores his tenure in Boston, examining how the beleaguered Red Sox reached incredible highs and equally incredible lows under his management, including several championship victories.

The Curse of Rocky Colavito

Author : Terry Pluto
Publisher : Gray & Company
ISBN 13 : 1598510355
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book The Curse of Rocky Colavito written by Terry Pluto and published by Gray & Company. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since the ill-fated trade of Rocky Colavito to Detroit in 1960, Indians fans have watched their team stumble through an extraordinary array of misdeeds, misfortunes, and outright tragedies. This series of funny, fond, and irreverent vignettes captures the frustration, anger--and undying optimism--of baseball's worst team. Photos.

The Rivals

Author : The New York Times
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312336165
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book The Rivals written by The New York Times and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-09-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This photo-filled history of the greatest rivalry of baseball--Yankees vs. Red Sox--is penned by the leading sportswriters for the two teams' hometown papers. 80 photos, 20 in color.

Bucky F*cking Dent

Author : David Duchovny
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374714762
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Bucky F*cking Dent written by David Duchovny and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author David Duchovny is back with Bucky F*cking Dent, a singular tale that brims with the mirth, poignancy, and profound solitude of modern life. Ted Fullilove, aka Mr. Peanut, is not like other Ivy League grads. He shares an apartment with Goldberg, his beloved battery-operated fish, sleeps on a bed littered with yellow legal pads penned with what he hopes will be the next great American Novel, and spends the waning days of the Carter administration at Yankee Stadium, waxing poetic while slinging peanuts to pay the rent. When Ted hears the news that his estranged father, Marty, is dying of lung cancer, he immediately moves back into his childhood home, where a whirlwind of revelations ensues. The browbeating absentee father of Ted’s youth tries to make up for lost time, but his health dips drastically whenever his beloved Red Sox lose. And so, with help from Mariana—the Nuyorican grief counselor with whom Ted promptly falls in love—and a crew of neighborhood old-timers, Ted orchestrates the illusion of a Boston winning streak, enabling Marty and the Red Sox to reverse the Curse of the Bambino and cruise their way to World Series victory. Well, sort of. David Duchovny’s richly drawn Bucky F*cking Dent explores the bonds between fathers and sons and the age-old rivalry between Yankee fans and the Fenway faithful, and grapples with our urgent need to persevere—and risk everything—in the name of love. Culminating in that fateful moment in October of ’78 when the mighty Bucky Dent hit his way into baseball history with the unlikeliest of home runs, this tender, insightful, and hilarious novel demonstrates how life truly belongs to the losers, and that the long shots are the ones worth betting on.

It Was Never About the Babe

Author : Jerry M. Gutlon
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 9781634502924
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book It Was Never About the Babe written by Jerry M. Gutlon and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to tell the entire story of why the Red Sox are now a dynasty—and what kept them from winning for more than eight decades. For years, Red Sox fans were told that their team was cursed because the Sox sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees. But as Jerry Gutlon reveals in It Was Never About the Babe, what really happened is far more unsettling. With the thorough research of a seasoned journalist and the zeal of a lifelong Red Sox fan, Gutlon details the rampant favoritism and racism that cost Boston’s beloved team nearly a century of championships. The truths in this book will shock even the most die-hard members of Red Sox nation. For instance, Babe Ruth was sold not just to produce a Broadway play, but also because of his bad behavior and a feud between commissioner Ban Johnson and Sox owner Harry Frazee. They will also be surprised at which legendary ballplayer tried out at Fenway Park and didn’t make the cut and shocked to learn which beloved Red Sox owner also ran a brothel. Covering the early Red Sox championship dynasty of Ruth, the never-good-enough teams of Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, and Carlton Fisk and Curt Schilling, It Was Never About the Babe is an eye-opening read for every baseball fan and a must-own book for every fan in Boston. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.