Overview

Until 2004, when the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series Championship in 86 years, the team had been plagued by the Curse of the Bambino, a mythical drought attributed to the team's loss of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. Though Ruth was a star pitcher in Boston, he was merely continuing a 14-year tradition of the club's strong arms and bats. With rosters that included Cy Young, Jimmy Collins, Jesse Burkett, Jack Chesbro, Big Bill Dinneen, Smoky Joe Wood and Tris Speaker, among others, the young franchise powered its way to three pennants and a couple of world championships before Babe arrived in Beantown. This book covers the team's early years from the diamond to the executive offices.

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Author:   Donald Hubbard
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780786439119

ISBN 10:   0786439114
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   29 July 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Foreword by Peter Nash      Preface      Prologue      JIMMY COLLINS’ BOSTON AMERICANS 1. The Roxbury Rooters      2. Hugh Duffy Loves and Leaves the Boston Americans      3. ’02 and Out      4. Jimmy Collins Cracks a Smile      5. Tessie Wins a World Series for Boston      6. John I. Taylor Owns Boston      7. A Crab Cannot Stem the Tide      8. Taylor-Made Disaster      9. Chick      10. The Year of Four Managers      ROUGH CARRIGAN’S RED 11. Red Sox Are Born      12. John I. Ruins the Team … Again      13. John I. in the Hands of an Angry Lord      14. The Odyssey      15. New Owner, New Park and a Pennant      16. The 1912 World Series      17. Smoky Joe Goes Skiing Downhill      18. Papists and Protestants      19. Jack Dunn Sells Out      Epilogue      Chapter Sources      Bibliography      Index     

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Attorney Donald Hubbard is a member of the Boston chapter of SABR, and has also been a newspaper columnist in Boston for the past nine years.

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