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It Was Never about the Babe: The Red Sox, Racism, Mismanagement, and the Curse of the Bambino
Contributor(s): Gutlon, Jerry M. (Author)
ISBN: 1602393494     ISBN-13: 9781602393493
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $22.46  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2009
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Annotation: 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.
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BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball & Softball
Dewey: 796.357
LCCN: 2008053343
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.36" W x 9.14" (1.26 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Locality - Boston-Worcester, Mass.
- Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts
 
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Publisher Description:
For years, Red Sox fans were told that their team was cursed because the Sox sold Babe Ruth to the hated Yankees. But as Jerry Gutlon reveals in It Was Never About the Babe, there is much more drama to Red Sox history than the "Curse of the Bambino." The truth is more shocking than any myth.

With the thorough research of a seasoned journalist and the zeal of a lifelong Red Sox fan, Gutlon explains why the Sox came up short season after season: ownership chose managers and players not based on their talent, but on whom they drank with; before and after baseball integrated, personal and institutional racism affected their decision-making; and their teams consistently lacked the talent, leadership, chemistry, and luck needed to win championships.

Most fans don't know that Babe Ruth was sold not just to produce a Broadway play, bust also because commissioner Ban Johnson was trying to run Sox owner Harry Frazee out of baseball and because Ruth was a major disruption in the Sox clubhouse. They will be surprised to learn that Jackie Robinson tried out at Fenway Park and shocked to learn that much-admired Tom Yawkey, along with owning the Red Sox, also owned a brothel for decades.

Covering the early Red Sox championship dynasty of Ruth, the never-good-enough teams of Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, and Carlton Fisk and Curt Schilling, It Was Never About the Babe is an eye-opening read for every baseball fan, and a must-own book for every fan in Boston.