Full Description
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.
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
