When Boston Won The World Series: A Chronicle of Boston's Remarkable Victory in the First Modern World Series of 1903
- ISBN-10
- 0762418400
- ISBN-13
- 9780762418404
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-03-31
- Publisher
- Running Press
- Author
- Bob Ryan
Description
The year 2003 marks the 100th anniversary of the first World Series, in which the upstart Boston squad of the fledgling American League triumped over the Pittsburgh Pirates of the time-honored National League. Starring such legendary players as Boston's Cy Young and Bill Dinneen, and Pittsburgh's Honus Wagner and Deacon Phillippe, When Boston Won the World Series chronicles with stirring detail the events that led up to baseball's first Fall Classic: the 1901 creation of the American League, its roster "raids" against National League teams, the sea change of public interest that caused the American League to outsell the National by 500,000 tickets, and the subsequent concession of the Nationals. The resulting handshake deal established a season-ending series which would determine the best baseball team in the world.
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