It Was Never About the Babe: The Red Sox, Racism, Mismanagement, and the Curse of the Bambino

The first book to tell the entire story of why the Red Sox are now a dynasty—and what kept them from winning for more than eight decades.

For years, Red Sox fans were told that their team was cursed because the Sox sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees. But as Jerry Gutlon reveals in It Was Never About the Babe, what really happened is far more unsettling.

With the thorough research of a seasoned journalist and the zeal of a lifelong Red Sox fan, Gutlon details the rampant favoritism and racism that ...