Red Sox Legends: Moments, Players, and Personalities

by Lew Freedman

Overview

Red Sox Legends is designed with the fan in mind, giving them an inside look into their favorite sports team franchise. The book focuses on the team and history, breaking down the barrier between the field and the stands to let fans in on the moments, players, and personalities that make up the team mythology, for better or worse.
Some of the story themes include key player profiles and memorable moments; curses, folklore, and superstitions; stadiums, scandals, and politics; fan stories; oddities; play-off and World Series appearances; major trades; influential draft day picks; management milestones; and many more!
Red Sox Legends tells the tale of David Ortiz’s 500th homerun, the history of Fenway Park, origin of the Yankee rivalry, and much more. Think you know everything there is to know about the Boston Red Sox? Think again! With 256 pages packed with Red Sox stories, facts, and trivia, there’s bound to be something to surprise even the most dedicated Red Sox fan. Lew Freedman, award-winning sports writer, has compiled together all of the most pivotal and influential moments, players, and personalities to hit Boston and placed them in this indispensable book. Nobody can claim to be a Red Sox fan without having first read Red Sox Legends!
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681571355
Publisher:	Cardinal Publishers Group
Publication date:	04/01/2019
Series:	Team Legends
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	511,032
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Lew Freedman is the author of more than ninety books including dozens of biographies for adult and school-aged readers. He also enjoyed a long career as a journalist and newspaper editor for the Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Anchorage Daily News.

Table of Contents

Cy Young 1

1901 6

Old Traditions 8

Fenway Park 11

1912 World Series Champs 15

Smoky Joe Wood 17

Harry Hooper 20

Duffy Lewis 23

Dutch Leonard 25

1915 World Series Champs 27

1916 World Series 29

Tris Speaker 32

The Babe In Boston 35

1918 World Series Champs 41

Red Ruffing 44

Earl Webb The Doubles Man 46

Tom Yawkey 48

Doc Cramer 54

Joe Cronin 56

Jimmie Foxx 59

Lefty Grove And His 300th Win 65

Moe Berg 69

Ted Williams 73

Bobby Doerr 79

Dom Dimaggio 84

Johnny Pesky 90

Tex Hughson 94

Dave "Boo" Ferriss 96

Rudy York 98

Mel Parnell 100

Ellis Kinder 103

Walt Dropo 105

Harry Agganis 108

Jimmy Piersall 111

Jackie Jensen 114

Frank Malzone 116

Pete Runnels 119

Frank Sullivan 122

Pumpsie Green 124

Bill Monbouquette 129

Earl Wilson 133

Ted Williams's Last At-Bat 136

Wilbur Wood 139

Mike Fornieles 142

Dick Radatz 144

1967 American League Pennant 147

Carl Yastrzemski 151

Tony Conigliaro 157

Billy Conigliaro 163

Jim Lonborg 165

Billy Rohr's Almost No-Hitter 168

Ken Brett 171

Rico Petrocelli 173

George Scott 176

Joe Lahoud 179

Doug Griffin 181

Fred Lynn 183

Jim Rice 188

Carlton Fisk 193

Dwight Evans 199

Luis Tiant 203

Bill Lee 207

Ferguson Jenkins 213

Dennis Eckersely 216

Crushing Disappointments-1978/1986 218

Bill Buckner 221

Bob Stanley 224

Wade Boggs 227

Roger Clemens 232

Mo Vaughn 237

Nomar Garciaparra 239

2004 World Series Champs-At Last 241

Theo Epstein 247

Curt Schilling 250

Pedro Martinez 254

David Ortiz 260

Bronson Arroyo 266

Manny Ramirez 269

Jason Varitek 272

2007 World Series-Did It Again 275

Jonathan Papelbon 278

Sweet Caroline 280

The Goofs Of 2011 282

Tim Wakefield 285

2013 World Series Champs 290

Brock Holt's Cycle 293

2018 Best Ever 296

Sources 301

Personal Interviews 304

About The Author 305