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REVERSING THE CURSE by Dan Shaughnessy 2005 Boston Red Sox 1st Edition
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Item specifics
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- City
- Boston
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- ISBN
- 9780618517480
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0618517480
ISBN-13
9780618517480
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44116445
Product Key Features
Book Title
Reversing the Curse : inside the 2004 Boston Red Sox
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / History, Baseball / General, Folklore & Mythology
Publication Year
2005
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
19.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-066080
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
796.357/64/0974461
Table Of Content
CONTENTS 1. The Moon and the Stars 1 2. Damn Yankees Again 14 3. A-Rod A-Yankee 31 4. Spring Break for Young Theo 51 5. Pieces of April 78 6. Pedro and Johnny 103 7. Summertime Blues 119 8. No, No, Nomar 135 9. Light in August 152 10. Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves 161 11. Señor Octubre 174 12. When the Yankees Really Did Suck 186 14. No More Curse 212 15. Now What? 231 Acknowledgments 239 Bibliography 241 Index 242
Synopsis
For nearly a century, the Boston Red Sox played the underdog to the indomitable New York Yankees in what ESPN named the number-one sports rivalry of all time. But in 2004 the snakebitten Sox finally got their revenge. After Aaron Boone's history-making Homeric blast, which sent the Red Sox packing in October 2003, and the infamous deal that put A-Rod, baseball's highest-paid player, in pinstripes, the age-old rivalry escalated to dizzying new heights. The result was a season in whicha plucky team of comeback kids improbably brought down the House That Ruth Built and went on to right eighty-six years of jinxed history by winning Boston's first World Series since 1918. From right on the frontlines, from the front office to the bleachers, Dan Shaughnessy goes inside to chronicle this unforgettable journey, revealing how a self-described band of "idiots" was able to accomplish what eighty-five teams before it couldn't -- or didn't. We witness the colorful antics of baseball's best-known stars, the dramatic play on the field punctuated by bench-clearing brawls, and the cold war-style battle being waged behind the scenes. We sit alongside young Theo Epstein as he tries to settle in to one of baseball's most scrutinized jobs. We watch with the Red Sox brass into the wee hours of the night as the Yankees come almost unbearably close (again) to squashing Sox dreams. We join the players on the wild ride to redemption, replete with Jesus in the outfield, a lunar eclipse, and a bloodied sock on the mound. We also come to understand in an intimate way what it's like to be caught up in all of this as a fan. With lively reporting, penetrating insight, and a keen sense of history, Shaughnessy brings the 2004 season alive in all its glory, drama, and euphoria, definitively recounting a sports saga that will long be etched in the minds and hearts of baseball fans around the world., For more than eighty-five years, the Boston Red Sox have been the underdog in what ESPN named the number-one sports rivalry of all time. But in 2004 the snakebitten Sox finally got their revenge.
LC Classification Number
GV875.B62S536 2005
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- t***s (2)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseQuick delivery even with Thanksgiving holiday. Would have loved a hard plastic card case but arrived in a plastic sleeve. It's okay because card was mailed in a non flexible thick cardboard mailer and arrived in great condition. Thank you.
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