Red Sox owner Harry Frazee basically accused Babe Ruth of the mortal sin of enjoying life and sent him to New York to burn. Like many others before and after him, Ruth was “banned in Boston.” He took a bite of Boston's forbidden fruit ...
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Language: en
Pages: 224
Pages: 224
Inspired by Chairman Mao's infamous Little Red Book, ?SpacemanOCO Bill Lee offers an off-the-wall revisionist history of baseball's most colorful franchise, the Boston Red Sox. In addition to rewriting Red Sox history, Lee offers up his unique views on today's and yesteryear's game. With this hilarious take on Red Sox
Language: en
Pages: 256
Pages: 256
Books about The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games
Language: en
Pages: 400
Pages: 400
Propounding his “small ball theory” of sports literature, George Plimpton proposed that “the smaller the ball, the more formidable the literature.” Of course he had the relatively small baseball in mind, because its literature is formidable—vast and varied, instructive, often wildly entertaining, and occasionally brilliant. From this bewildering array of
Language: en
Pages: 184
Pages: 184
So You Think You’re a Boston Red Sox Fan? tests and expands your knowledge of Red Sox baseball. Rather than merely posing questions and providing answers, you’ll get details behind each—stories that bring to life players and coaches, games and seasons. This book is divided into multiple parts, with progressively
Language: en
Pages: 240
Pages: 240
From the Donner party to the sinking of the RMS "Titanic," this little book shows that some people's faux pas are worse--way, way worse--than others.