A richly illustrated study of America's oldest major league ballpark incorporates interviews with players, coaches, and fans as it chronicles a history of the park and the great teams and athletes who have played there, in an expanded and updated edition that includes more than thirty new photographs, an account of the 2004 World Series, and more.
"An excitable Jack Russell terrier named Fenway and his Favorite Short Human, Hattie, move to the suburbs and must adjust to the changes that come with their new home." --
Cousins Mike and Kate are at Boston's Fenway Park when the Red Sox's star hitter discovers that his lucky baseball bat has been stolen.
Relying heavily on the photographic archives of the Boston Public Library, the authors have woven the story of Fenway in a magical tapestry of heartbreak, hope, joy, love, and faith. -- P. [4] of cover.
This is a book for all of us. Larry Tye, author of SATCHEL: The Life and Times of an American Legend Glenn Stout has done the impossible: he has put an end to the seemingly bottomless genre that is Fenway Park books. We now need no more.
Closing Fenway will mark the end of an era, and Dan Shaughnessy captures this era in all its tragic glory. At Fenway will be read and cherished by Red Sox fans and all fans of baseball as it ought to be.
Jerry Coleman, a former Yankee rival and fellow fighter pilot, met Williams at the 1950 AllStar Game. He said he immediately admired Williams. “He went to the wall to make a catch and crashed into it.
So here are Red Sox owner John Henry and CEO Larry Lucchino, privately second-guessing Grady Little's managing moves during the game; here is Joe Torre, the Yankees skipper, worrying on the bench about his closer, Mariano Rivera, who can't ...
Neal Elliott sells peanuts for Aramark at games. His father Hank was the public address announcer in 1948 (paid $20.83 per game). Neal's uncle Paul threw peanuts in the 1950s. Neal himself started when he turned fourteen, ...
Honoring the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park, this is a nostalgic and reverent look at America's # 1 baseball shrine--the national treasure that has been home to more than 600 straight sellouts and some of baseball's greatest games and ...
A Red Sox rookie is accused of murder in the first Mickey Rawlings historical mystery “that will leave readers eager for subsequent innings” (Publishers Weekly).