Synopses & Reviews
Winner of the 2011 Seymour Medal from the Society for American Baseball Research, for the best book of baseball history or biography
andquot;An irresistible look back on Fenway Park's first season, not just for Sox fans . . . a great choice for anyone who enjoys a dip into baseball history at its best.andquot;andmdash;Huffington Post
Even people who arenandrsquo;t fans of baseball know Fenway Park. More than just a ballpark, it is a part of American culture, and has been for nearly one hundred years. In Fenway 1912, Glenn Stout tells the remarkable story of Fenwayandrsquo;s first year, from the long winter when locals poured concrete and built the park to the ragtag Red Sox team that embarked on a journey to the World Series while the paint was still drying and the grass still coming in. Stout tells the stories behind the parkandrsquo;s notorious quirks like the Green Monster, and of the designers, builders, managers, and players who made Fenwayandrsquo;s first year unforgettable.
For all that has been written in tribute to the great Fenway Park, no one has ever really told the behind-the-scenes true story. Drawing on extensive new research, the esteemed baseball historian Glenn Stout delivers an extraordinary tale of innovation, desperation, and perspirationandmdash;capturing Fenway as never before.
andquot;Fenway 1912 reads like a novel, detailing the trials and tribulations of the quaint ballpark and the team itself andhellip; Stout has made a great story out of history.andrdquo;andmdash;Baseball America
andquot;Stout's vivid writing and extraordinary research make the journey worthwhile in so many ways . . . you will likely feel as if you were in the creaky grandstand yourself.andquot;andmdash;Boston Globe
Review
"Young Woman and the Sea is the story of Gertrude Ederles epic swim across the English Channel interwoven with a sweeping and glimmering history of swimming. These were the good old days when open water swimmers were sex symbols, pioneers of the sport, and leaders of social change. For anyone who loves the water, or has a big dream this is the book to read!"
Lynne Cox, author of
Swimming to Antarctica and
Grayson"Too often, looking at America through its sports, and vice versa, results in a distorted view of both of them. In Glenn Stout's account of Trudy Ederle and the English Channel, we have a clear and honest mirror. Young Woman and the Sea is a first-rate piece of social history, and a tale told, well, swimmingly." Charles P. Pierce, author of Idiot America and Moving the Chains
Review
"RED SOX CENTURY belongs right up there with Macbeth, Hamlet and other dynastic tragedies." -- Dick Schaap
"RED SOX CENTURY serves as both a history of the team, and a tribute to the American game. You can read it straight through, or dip into it like well water on a hot day. In either case it richly repays your attention." -- Robert B. Parker, bestselling author of Hush Money, Hugger Mugger, and Family Honor
"How can a Red Sox century, 100 years of Red Sox baseball be so bad, when RED SOX CENTURY: 100 YEARS OF RED SOX BASEBALL is so good?" -- Frank Deford
"Blessed with stellar original essays from . . . topnotch baseball scribes and startling photographs, this highly readable coffee-table book is a must." BarnesandNoble.com
"Magnificent . . . this is the book, the genuine article, a vademecum to get you through waiting for next year." -- Katherine Powers Boston Globe
"A beautiful, bountiful book . . . bound to become the definitive work on the Red Sox." Buffalo News
"RED SOX CENTURY contains enough minutiae to settle 100 years of barroom bets." (Reuters) CNN Interactive
"In baseball parlance, this four-in-one celebration of the Olde Towne Team's centennial is a grand slam." Boston Herald
"From Cy Young to Pedro Martinez, this book has all that anyone would care to know about this accursed yet lovable franchise." Sports Illustrated
"The ultimate gift for Red Sox fans." Publishers Weekly
"The richness, the drama, the completeness of this book . . . sustain[s] the lonely fan through many a long winter's night . . ." Elysian Fields Quarterly
Review
The definitive one-volume history of the most fascinating franchise in baseball
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.
and#169; Did the Red Sox fix the first World Series game ever played?
and#169; What is the truth about Babe Ruth and Harry Frazee?
and#169; Did Johnny Pesky hold the ball?
and#169; Does Fenway Park have a future?
and#169; Will the Red Sox ever win a World Series again?
Drawn from countless interviews and tireless research and illustrated with more than two hundred photographs, many never seen before, RED SOX CENTURY is far more than a picture book. Glenn Stout and Richard A. Johnson have written a gripping narrative history, filled with details so vivid and accurate and irony so sharp that you think you can't possibly bear to relive some of those past moments (but you're a Sox fan, so of course you do). Your season ticket to one hundred years of thrilling baseball, Red Sox Century is a comprehensive and always colorful history of a team that helped to define not only its city but its sport."RED SOX CENTURY belongs right up there with Macbeth, Hamlet and other dynastic tragedies." -- Dick Schaap
"RED SOX CENTURY serves as both a history of the team, and a tribute to the American game. You can read it straight through, or dip into it like well water on a hot day. In either case it richly repays your attention." -- Robert B. Parker, bestselling author of Hush Money, Hugger Mugger, and Family Honor
"How can a Red Sox century, 100 years of Red Sox baseball be so bad, when RED SOX CENTURY: 100 YEARS OF RED SOX BASEBALL is so good?" -- Frank Deford
"Blessed with stellar original essays from . . . topnotch baseball scribes and startling photographs, this highly readable coffee-table book is a must." BarnesandNoble.com
"Magnificent . . . this is the book, the genuine article, a vademecum to get you through waiting for next year." -- Katherine Powers Boston Globe
"A beautiful, bountiful book . . . bound to become the definitive work on the Red Sox." Buffalo News
"RED SOX CENTURY contains enough minutiae to settle 100 years of barroom bets." (Reuters) CNN Interactive
"In baseball parlance, this four-in-one celebration of the Olde Towne Team's centennial is a grand slam." Boston Herald
"From Cy Young to Pedro Martinez, this book has all that anyone would care to know about this accursed yet lovable franchise." Sports Illustrated
"The ultimate gift for Red Sox fans." Publishers Weekly
"The richness, the drama, the completeness of this book . . . sustain[s] the lonely fan through many a long winter's night . . ." Elysian Fields Quarterly
Review
"A well-written and thorough look at the Yanks . . . essential for Yankees fans." Publishers Weekly
"This book does ample justice to [the Yankees'] great history . . . even Yankee haters will find much to enjoy." Library Journal
"Opinionated, knowledgeable, and steeped in the kind of historical minutiae fans adore ." Booklist, ALA
"[A] conscientious investigation of what really happened in its complexity and ramification . . . in clear, engaging prose." Boston Globe
"Dazzling . . . complicated portrait of the ways a team and a game weave in and out of politics, history, and popular culture." -- Eric Neel, ESPN.com
Review
"Stout imbues his account with a unique vibrancy and a razor-sharp intelligence. A wonderful sports book." -- Booklist, starred review and#160; "A valuable addition to baseball history . . . Baseball diehards and historians, and of course Red Sox fans, will find much of interest in this paean to one of sportand#8217;s most famous venues." -- Kirkus Reviews and#160; "Fun and informative . . . A well-constructed tribute to Fenway on its upcoming 100th anniversary." -- Publishers Weekly "This is a book for anyone who cares about the storied Boston Red Sox, about their 100-year-old bandbox of a stadium, about the remarkable championship season of 1912, about the street-level history of Boston, and about why baseball will forever be the all-American pastime. This is a book for all of us." and#8211; Larry Tye, author of SATCHEL: The Life and Times of an American Legend "Glenn Stout has done the impossible: he has put an end to the seemingly bottomless genre that is Fenway Park books. We now need no more. We get not pomp and circumstance, but the bones and blueprint of a legendary ballpark and#8212; topped with a star-filled World Series that still endures. He doesnand#8217;t pretend history is straw hats and cigars, but gives you real people, real baseball and (the best part) real Boston, the way any real writer should." and#8211; Howardand#160;Bryant, ESPN, and author of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron
Synopsis
andldquo;Each time you walk up the ramp from beneath the stands and out toward that sea of sunlit grass, Fenway Park remains the most special kind of place there is, a place that can still change your life.andrdquo;
andquot;This isand#160;the untold story of how Fenway Park came to be and its remarkable first season. 1912 was a leap year, the year the Titanic sank, and it was also the year baseballandrsquo;s original shrine, the one and only Fenway Park, was born. While the paint was still drying, the infield grass still coming in, the Red Sox embarked on an unlikely season that culminated in a World Series battle against the Giants that stands as one of the greatest ever played.
Fenway 1912 tells the incredible story of Fenway, from the unorthodox blueprint that underlies the parkandrsquo;s notorious quirks, to the long winter when locals poured concrete and erected history, to the notorious fixers who then ruled the game, to the ragtag team who delivered a world championship, Fenwayandrsquo;s first.
For all that has been written in tribute to the great Fenway Park, no one has ever really told the behind-the-scenes true story of its tumultuous yet glorious first year. Drawing on extensive new research, the esteemed baseball historian Glenn Stout delivers an extraordinary tale of innovation, desperation, and perspiration andndash; capturing Fenway as never before.
Synopsis
In 1926, before skirt lengths inched above the knee and before anyone was ready to accept that a woman could test herself physically, a plucky American teenager named Trudy Ederle captured the imagination of the world when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel. It was, and still is, a feat more incredible and uncommon than scaling Mount Everest. Upon her return to the United States, "Trudy of America" became the most famous woman in the world. And just as quickly, she disappeared from the public eye. Set against the backdrop of the roaring 1920s,
Young Woman and the Sea is the dramatic and inspiring story of Ederles pursuit of a goal no one believed possible, and the price she paid. The moment Trudy set foot on land, triumphant, she had shattered centuries of stereotypes and opened doors for generations of women to come. A truly magnetic and often misunderstood character whose story is largely forgotten, Trudy Ederle comes alive in these pages through Glenn Stouts exhaustive new research.
Synopsis
The Red Sox have long been the favorite subject of baseball's literati, more for what they haven't accomplished than for what they have. The mystery that shrouds this storied franchise has made for great copy for more than 100 years. But much of the very best writing on the team has often been obscured by romantic tales of legend and destiny, curses and conspiracies - until now. Turning solidly to the bedrock of traditional baseball writing, Glenn Stout has collected the best writing on the Sox that best tells the story of the franchise. A veritable sourcebook of more than a century of unforgettable baseball, Impossible Dreams is a book no self-respecting Sox fan can afford to miss.
Synopsis
Dodgers. The word conjures different things to different people, but its distinction and#151; and notoriety and#151; is universal. In the annals of baseball, the history of few other teams can compare to the rich legacy of the Dodgers. Their constituency includes fans from Bensonhurst to Burbank. Their colorful past and#151; and#147;dem bums,and#8221; Jackie Robinson and the boys of summer, Walter Oand#8217;Malley, Sandy Koufax, Tommy Lasorda, and#147;bleeding Dodger blueand#8221; and#151; has enlivened baseball in innumerable, immeasurable ways. And their legacy, casting a 120-year shadow, remains essential to the very nature of the game.
In a compelling, insightfully written narrative and more than two hundred unforgettable photographs, many never before seen, The Dodgers: 120 Years of Dodgers Baseball tells the team's story in its entirety, from its birth in Brooklyn in 1884 and its early glories, to the heart-wrenching move to Los Angeles in 1958, to the present day. The Dodgers' evolution, and particularly their willingness to embrace change even when it was a wildly unpopular choice, is also, writes Glenn Stout in his introduction, and#147;an inherently American story that follows a familiar path, a story of immigration, assimilation, migration, and change.and#8221; In one of the only books to look at the team as a unified whole, we see how the Dodgers helped create modern baseball in Brooklyn, how they ushered the game into its contemporary form with the signing of Jackie Robinson in 1945, and how they have borne witness to the metamorphosis of baseball from an amateur game played by gentlemen into a multibillion-dollar business. It's all here, a century and more of history-making baseball. In these pages, readers will experience some of the game's finest moments, greatest plays, and most unforgettable players, including
and#149; the birth of the and#147;Trolley Dodgersand#8221; in an unlikely borough and#149; a legendary series of stirring pennant races in the late 1940s and 1950s and#149; Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball and#149; the notorious move from East Coast to West at the hands of the much-maligned Walter Oand#8217;Malley and#149; the reemergence of the Dodgers-Giants rivalry in California and#149; the game's most dynamic pitching duo, Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale and#149; Kirk Gibsonand#8217;s dramatic home run in the 1988 World Series * and lively essays by such heralded Dodger chroniclers as Dave Anderson, Jane Leavy, Bill Plaschke, Dick Young, and others
Synopsis
The definitive story of the Red Sox, a best-selling classic, now expanded and updated to include the incredible 2004 season and World Series win.
In that magic fall of 2004, the Boston Red Sox transformed themselves from an unruly band of self-proclaimed idiots into world champions for the first time in eighty-six years. Their unlikely triumph became known instantly as one of the most thrilling, nerve-racking, and ultimately inspiring sports stories ever. And it also changed the course of history for a franchise that had long been known more for its failures than for its successes.
In Red Sox Century, "the best of the Sox sages" (USA Today Baseball Weekly) chronicle the complete history of this enduring team with authority, insight, and high style. From the team's inception in 1901 and its early peak in 1918, when it won its fifth World Series, to the glory years, which saw the rise of such greats as Cy Young, Babe Ruth, Teddy Ballgame, and Yaz and the "impossible dream," to the near misses in 1975, 1986, and 2003, and finally to the glorious World Series victory in 2004 -- it's all here, drawn from countless interviews and extensive research and illustrated with more than 225 photographs, many never seen before.
Now expanded and updated and featuring irresistible new keepsake pages where fans can record their own stories of the latest chapter in Red Sox lore -- replete with its fairy-tale ending -- Red Sox Century is a book no self-respecting fan should be without.
"All that anyone would care to know about this accursed yet lovable franchise." -- Sports Illustrated
Glenn Stout has been the series editor of The Best American Sports Writing since its inception. Richard A. Johnson is the curator of the Sports Museum. Together they have written numerous critically acclaimed sports books, including Yankees Century: 100 Years of New York Yankees Baseball and The Dodgers: 120 Years of Dodgers Baseball. Widely regarded as first-rate baseball historians, the authors have appeared on NPR, ESPN, HBO, the History Channel, and numerous regional television and radio stations.
"The ultimate gift for Red Sox fans." -- Publishers Weekly
"A definitive look at Fenway's finest . . . Artistic, well researched, and elegant." -- Boston Globe
"A grand slam." -- Boston Herald
Synopsis
For more than a hundred years, the Red Sox have meant all sorts of things to all sorts of people, often all at once and#151; 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. 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 Tom Boswell and 275 photographs, Red Sox Century is the and#147;definitive look at Fenwayand#8217;s finest . . . Artistic, well researched, and elegantand#8221; (Boston Globe). This is a book that no self-respecting Red Sox fan should be without.
Synopsis
The definitive narrative history of the worldand#8217;s greatest sporting franchise and#160; and#160; For more than 100 years, the New York Yankees have dominated baseball as no team ever has, in any sport. They have provided the very definition of a dynasty. Pinstripes and pennants. Aprils and Octobers. The House That Ruth Built in the city that never sleeps. A century of greatness embodied in one city and its team. But it hasn't always been that way, and it has never been easy. Yankees Century is the full history of this storied franchise, with the most compelling and authoritative narrative of the team ever written, more than 250 stunning photographs, and essays by the game's colorful scribes. On an unforgettable journey through time, you'll read about the unlikely scheme to build a ballpark in Manhattan atop solid rock, the magic of the Bambino rounding the bases, the stately DiMaggio taking the field, Lou Gehrig's poignant goodbye, Yogi Berra's hilarious verbal gaffes, Jack Chesbro's legendary spitball, Derek Jeter's mind-bending plays, and much more.
Synopsis
The definitive narrative history of the Chicago Cubs
The Chicago Cubs have won the hearts of generations of fans, even if they havenand#8217;t always won those pivotal games. They were Americaand#8217;s most successful baseball club at the turn of the twentieth century, but by the turn of the twenty-first, things had changed. The Cubs have not won a World Series since 1908, and the last time they clinched the National League Pennant was in 1945. Yet the Cubs have some of the most devoted fans in all of sport. As Glenn Stout writes in the introduction, and#147;They are the gameand#8217;s last unsolved mystery, the final conundrum, a historical enigma, baseballand#8217;s oldest story, with an ending that has yet to be written.and#8221; The Cubs chronicles the long, rich, counterintuitive history of this team in all its depth, nuance, and color. We catch a rare glimpse of the early days of Chicago baseball in the 1860s and 1870s and witness the magical 1906 season, with its 116 wins, still the most in major league history. Ernie Banksand#8217;s legendary career is covered in detail, as are decisive seasons, such as 1969and#8217;s heartbreaking loss to the Amazinand#8217; Mets. Sammy Sosaand#8217;s sixty-plus home runs are here too and#151; together with later allegations regarding corked bats and steroids. The authors cast an analytical eye on the tumultuous reign of chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley and his son Philip, as well as the Tribune Company's planned sale of the Cubs. And we hear the true story behind the and#147;Curse of the Billy Goatand#8221; and#151; what has really and#147;cursedand#8221; the Cubs all these years.
A must-have for Cubs fans past and present, The Cubs tells the complete story in a single narrative for the first time since 1945.
Synopsis
Perhaps more has been written about the New York Yankees than about any other sports team. And the magic that has played out on the field over the years has been rivaled only by baseball scribes' prowess on the page. Excellence breeds excellence, and for 100 years some of the best writers in America have chronicled the New York Yankees, taking a single swing or game and somehow making it singular. This brand-new anthology from the series editor of The Best American Sports Writing and author of Yankees Century collects the best writing about the Yankees over the course of their long history. Published to coincide with the team's centenary celebration, this is a must-have volume for fans the world over who claim the New York Yankees as their own.
Synopsis
The oldest park in the major leagues, the last of the old-timey baseball theaters, Fenway Park has inspired more lavish praise and outrageous comparisons than any other American sports arena. And to think, it was almost lost.
In this glistening new edition of their classic pictorial tribute, best-selling author Dan Shaughnessy and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Stan Grossfeld have both preserved the Fenway of our childhood memories and captured the magic and mania of the Fenway of today. From the landmark Green Monster, the lone red seat marking Ted Williams's longest home run, and the hand-operated scoreboard, to the coveted new seats perched atop the Wall and the circus atmosphere of Yawkey Way, Fenway Park is the best blend of old and new. In these pages this quintessential American-ballpark experience is lovingly illustrated and detailed.
Featuring more than sixty new color photographs, with added chapters on the historic 2004 World Series victory and recent ballpark renovations, Fenway: A Biography in Words and Pictures also boasts a new foreword by Leigh Montville and additional recollections from famous players, coaches, and illustrious fans -- Yo-Yo Ma, Tim Russert, Senator Edward Kennedy, among others.
Like a walk-off homer on a starlit New England summer night, Fenway is sure to thrill a whole new generation of fans.
Synopsis
A narrative of the first Red Sox season at Fenway Park.
Synopsis
In honor of its hundred-year anniversary, Glenn Stout tells the remarkable story of Fenwayand#8217;s very first year, from the long winter when locals poured concrete and erected history to the ragtag Red Sox team that won a World Series for Fenwayand#8217;s first season. Drawing on extensive new research, Fenway 1912 is an extraordinary tale of innovation, desperation, and perspirationand#8212;capturing Fenway as never before.
About the Author
Dan Shaughnessy is an award-winning columnist for the Boston Globe and the author of several sports books, including The Curse of the Bambino, a best-selling classic. Seven times Shaughnessy has been voted one of Americaand#8217;s top ten sports columnists by Associated Press Sports Editors and named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year. He has appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Early Show, CNN, Nightline, NPR, Imus in the Morning, ESPN, HBO, and many others. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts.
Table of Contents
Contents
Part I: Glory Days 3 Oddities of Bleacher Bugs.” 1911. Ring Lardner 8 Rival Baseball Nine for Boston. 1901. Anonymous 11 Americans First Game. 1901. W. S. Barnes, Jr.
13 Collinss Men Lose. 1901. W. S. Barnes, Jr.
18 Boston Americans Are the Champions of the World. 1903. T. H. Murnane 26 The Series That Almost Never Got Played. 1968. Frank Sleeper 32 The Irish in Baseball. 1904. Jimmy Collins 36 With Bostons Worlds Champion Ball PlayersWay Down South. 1904. Frederic P. Oconnell 41 My Greatest Day in Baseball. 1945. Cy Young, As Told to Francis J. Powers 44 Cy Youngs Baseball Epigrams. 1904. Cy Young 46 Bright Red Stockings for Pilgrims While Playing at Home Next Year. 1907. Arthur Mcpherson 48 Fenway Park Is Formally Opened With Red Sox Win. 1912. Paul H. Shannon 54 Boston Now Supreme in Baseball World. 1912. T. H. Murnane 64 Ruth Leads Red Sox to Victory. 1914. T. H. Murnane 67 Strike! Strike! Strike! 1918. Nick Flatley 70 Red Sox Are Again World Champions. 1918. Paul H. Shannon 76 the Hero of the Series. 1918. F. C. Lane 82 Letter From George Whiteman. 1921. George Whiteman 84 The Fire Brand of the American League. 1919. F. C. Lane 95 New York Club Gives $125,000 for Battering Babe. 1920. Paul H. Shannon
Part II: Yawkeys Way 105 Starch for the Red Sox. 1933. Bill Cunningham 115 Red Sox Owners Display Courage. 1933. Bill Cunningham 119 You Cannot Buy a Pennant! 1936. Daniel M. Daniel 122 Whats the Matter With the Red Sox? 1946. Harold Kaese 134 Teds Longest Homer Pierces Straw Hat on Head 450 Feet Away. 1946. Harold Kaese 136 Won It the Way Cronin Wanted. 1946. Al Hirshberg 140 Sox Locker Room Resembles a Wake. 1946. Joe Mckenney 144 U.S. Baseball Madness Pleasant to Behold in Face of Worlds Woes. 1948. Westbrook Pegler 148 What Was Matter With Our Red Sox? 1948. Harold Kaese 153 Sox Apollo. 1955. John Gillooly
Part III: The Tryout 161 Sports Spurts. 1945. Wendell Smith 164 What about Trio Seeking Sox Tryout? 1945. Dave Egan 167 Three Race Baseball Candidates Impress Red Sox Coach Hugh Duffy. 1945. Doc Kountze 169 Red Sox Candidates Waiting to Hear from Management. 1945. Wendell Smith
Part IV: Teddy Ballgame and the Knights of the Keyboard 175 Ted Williams Blasts Boston. 1940. Austen Lake 179 Ted Sets Back Baseball Clock. 1950. Gerry Hern 182 Colonel Sends Word to Williams:Why Wait Til 54 End?--quit Now. 1954. Dave (the Colonel) Egan 185 Williams Hits Homer, Covers Mouth Before 30,338. 1954. Bob Holbrook 189 Slight to Ted Disgraceful. 1957. Dave (the Colonel) Egan 192 The Kids Last Game. 1961. Ed Linn
Part V: Impossible Dreams and Nightmares 221 The Impossible Dream? 1967. Harold Kaese 224 Sox Barely Escape Screaming, Streaming Fans. 1967. Bud Collins 228 Its a Great Town for Baseball. 1967. Jimmy Breslin 232 The Impossible Dream. 1986. Jim Lonborg 238 Yaz Clutch Streak Has No Parallel. 1967. Harold Kaese 241 1967: The Flowering and Subsequent Deflowering of New England. 1967. Roger Angell 263 A Postcard from My Brother. 1992. Steve Buckley 269 Opening Day at Fenway. 1971. George Kimball 275 Tibialibus Rubris XV, Eboracum Novum V. 1973. George Frazier 280 Fisks Home Run in 12th Beats Reds, 76. 1975. Peter Gammons 284 The Best Game Ever! 1975. Ray Fitzgerald 287 To Bill Lee. 1976. Tom Clark 295 The Boston Massacre. 1978. Peter Gammons 302 Gloomsville. 1978. Tim Horgan 305 The Confessions of a Rookie in Pearls. 1980. Marie Brenner 320 Rapt by the Radio. 1986. John Updike 325 Buckners Story Is Painfully Familiar. 1986. Leigh Montville 328 Game 6. 1987. Peter Gammons 341 Babe Ruth Curse Strikes Again. 1986. George Vecsey 344 The Mets Take It, 85. 1986. Dan Shaughnessy 347 A Brothers Keeper. 1989. Mike Lupica
Part VI: Later Innings 357 Blowing Em Away. 1998. Charles P. Pierce 364 Batter Up. 1999. Molly Oneill 372 Observers Still Awestruck. 1999. Bob Ryan 375 Time Has Come for Him to Own Up. 2001. Dan Shaughnessy 378 Sox On Cusp of Being Freed. 2001. Bill Ballou 381 Dukes Last Hurrah? 2001. Tony Massarotti 385 Looking for Ted Williams. 2002. Glenn Stout 389 Credits and Permissions 391 Index