The Curse of the Bambino

Author:

By Dan Shaughnessy

Format:

Paperback

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In print, usually dispatched within 3-4 days.

Price:

£8.99

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Baseball, Baseball Teams, Boston Red Sox

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Further Details

• Published: 31st Aug 2004
• ISBN: 0142004766
• Pages: 248

From Word of Sport:

For over eighty years a World Series win has eluded the Boston Red Sox. In this revised edition of his famous book, Dan Shaughnessy attempts to work out why, reflecting on the most nerve-wracking moments both on and off the park. This is a warm and absorbing account, rich in anecdote and sharp in its wit.

From the Publisher:

The Boston Red Sox's loss to the New York Yankees in the final game of last year's playoffs has been called the game of the century, evidence that the rivalry between the Red Sox and the Yankees is hotter than ever. In the wake of that defeat, author and Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy has updated his bewitching story of the curse that has lain over the Red Sox since they sold Babe Ruth to the hated Yankees in 1920.

Here he sheds light on classic Sox debacles - from Johnny Pesky's so-called hesitation throw, to the horrifying dribbler that slithered between Bill Buckner's legs, to last year's stunning extra-inning home run that kept the Sox without a World Championship for yet another year. Lively and filled with anecdotes, this is baseball folklore at its best.

From the Critics:

“Is there really a Curse of the Bambino? Are the Red Sox truly hexed? To get the answer, read this wonderful book by one of America's best sportswriters”

David Halberstam

“Shaughnessy emerges as something like a jock's Hawthorne, evoking the muse and writing of witchcraft, foiled heroism, and the scarlet letter B upon every Red Sox fan's breast”

Scott Booth, The National

“A wonderful book that performs magnificently on every level.....as history, as mythology, as drama, and as pure entertainment”

Doris Kearns Goodwin