With gleaming insight, wicked humor, and, at times, the searching soul of an unsure father, Shaughnessy illuminates how sports connect generations and how they can help parents grow up--and let go.
In one frenzied season, a book title has become imprinted in the consciousness of American sports fans. The Curse of the Bambino, a phrase Dan Shaughnessy has coined, will live in infamy for Red Sox fans because it summs up 70 years of horror and heartbreak which all began when Babe Ruth was sold to the Yankees. With old-fashioned New England ...
From bestselling author Shaughnessy and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Grossfeld, "Fenway" is the ultimate memorial to the beloved Boston ballpark. This expanded and updated edition features a new Foreword by Peter Gammons and more than 30 new photos.
With lively reporting, penetrating insight, and a keen sense of history, Shaughnessy brings the 2004 baseball season alive in all its glory, drama, and garishness as the Boston Red Sox victory turns everyday sports into the stuff of legend.
The greatest baseball legend ever invented-which was broken in 2004 after 86 years-is told here, explaining how the fate of the Boston Red Sox was sealed when they sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.
The beloved and bestselling baseball scribe Shaughnessy and the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Grossfeld have teamed up to take readers on a wild ride through spring training's many attractions and peculiarities, covering Florida and Arizona, National and American League teams, players and fans, past and present. Photos.
The first biography of Red Auerbach, the legendary coach and general manager of the Boston Celtics. Seeing Red traces Red's rise from the streets of Boston to the top of the NBA and on to Boston's Fanueil Hall, where his statue stands. Along the way, his goal was a common one--winning. Includes a foreword by Larry Bird. 8-page photo insert.
As it captures in words and vintage photos the special mystique of basketball's greatest dynasty and celebrates its 45 years of existence, Ever Green records the team's history in the voices of everyone from its stars and coac hes to the beloved fans and rival players. Photographs.
"Goat" is the term for a baseball pro who blows it big-time in a crucial situation--such as Bill Buckner's misplayed grounder in the '86 World Series that cost the Boston Red Sox the pennant. Other famous "goats" include Babe Ruth, Jose Canseco, and Roger Clemens. 46 illustrations.
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