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Red Sox vs. Yankees : The Great Rivalry
Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry covers nearly a century's worth of epic battles on and off the baseball field between these age-old rivals. Featuring exclusive interviews with former governors Mario Cuomo of New York and Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, former press secretary Ari Fleischer, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, congressmen, reporters, broadcasters, and especially players, coaches, managers and front-office execs from the Red Sox and Yankees including Don Zimmer, Nomar Garciaparra, Derek Lowe, Jason and Jeremy Giambi, Lou Meroni, Dwight Evans, and Theo Epstein.
Two unique features of the book are a Rivalry Timeline and a "Talkin' Rivalry" section, a free-for-all in print among fans, journalists, and players who all have something to say. Other chapters include "Marker Moments," in-depth profiles of Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium.
More than two years in the making, this coffee-table book will have nearly 256 pages of text and more than 125 photos, some in color, some archival. A perfect book for Yankee fans, Red Sox fans, and all baseball fans.
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"In sports, the New England Patriots win the Super Bowl, thus using up all the sports luck that New England has been accumulating for decades, and thereby guaranteeing that the Red Sox will not win the World Series for another 150 years." - Dave Barry in The Miami Herald (2002 Year in Review)
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This signature book by the father-son team of Harvey Frommer and Frederic J. Frommer on the "Great Rivalry" features exclusive interviews with former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, former governors Mario Cuomo of New York and Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, congressmen, reporters, broadcasters, and especially former and current players, coaches, managers and front-office execs from the Red Sox and Yankees including: Don Zimmer, Nomar Garciaparra, Willie Randolph, Derek Lowe, Jason and Jeremy Giambi, Lou Meroni, Dwight Evans, Lou Piniella, Mike Torrez, Johnny Pesky, Phil Rizzuto and more.
Two unique features of Red Sox Vs. Yankees are a "Rivalry Timeline" and a "Talkin' Rivalry" section, a free-for-all in print among fans, journalists, players-all of whom have much to get off their chests.
Other chapters include Marker Moments, in-depth profiles of Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium. Filled with facts, stories, oral and narrative history, oddities, stats and lists, more than two years in the making, this lavish coffee-table book has nearly 256 pages and more than 125 photos, some in color, some archival. This is the perfect book for Yankee fans, Red Sox fans, and all baseball fans.
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From Baseball Almanac: "Red Sox vs. Yankees is a simply stated, a stunning coffee-table book. We have done extensive research into both franchises, know every fact about every team, but seeing that research in a visual format made for a truly memorable experience. Timelines, statistics, exclusive oral narratives and vintage photos make this team-specific guide a must have book for fans of either the Red Sox, the Yankees or our national pastime."
From Baseball.com: "Attention to detail results in an entertaining compendium of anecdotes that provide textured historical perspective for this flourishing rivalry."
From Providence Journal: "A
beautiful
new coffee table book on the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry."
From Sports Publishing L.L.C.: "A perfect book for Yankee fans, Red Sox fans, and all baseball fans."
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Red Sox vs Yankees : The Great Rivalry |
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Introduction
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I first stepped into Fenway Park in 1981, arriving hours early during batting practice. I had never been to a stadium that seated fewer than 50,000, and now I had this tiny, 34,0000-seat ballpark to myself. Fenway Park felt like backyard field to me.
It was September 6, a Sunday afternoon, the same day the Yankees fired Gene Michael and replaced him with Bob Lemon. A month before, the players had returned after a seven-week strike that split the season into two. The Yankees had won the first half, finishing two games ahead of the Red Sox. In the second half, Boston finished in fifth place and New York sixth, but the Yankees had a strong playoff and went on to win their fourth pennant in six years.
I was 14 years old, a huge baseball fan who was still a little bitter that half my summer had been ruined by the strike. But one look at Fenway's nooks and crannies pulled me back.
I watched batting practice from the first row behind the short right field wall, just inside the foul poul. Balls careened all over the field like pinballs.
Suddenly, one skipped along the outfield grass right at me. I reached over the wall and excitedly snagged it with my mitt. But my exhiliration turned to disbelief as I felt another mitt swat the ball out of mine.
I looked up, and saw a Red Sox outfielder smirking.
"Hey!" I said. "Why did you do that?"
"You're not allowed to come on the field," said Garry Hancock.
"I didn't come on the field," I protested. "I just reached over."
"Well, you can't do that," Hancock replied, looking over at the usher, who nodded in agreement.
"Come on, give me the ball," I pleaded.
"Give me one good reason I should."
"Well, I don't have any baseballs."
He shot me a look of disbelief.
"You don't have any balls?" he asked, laughing along with the usher.
"I'm from New York," I explained. "What chance do I have of catching a ball at Yankee Stadium or Shea Stadium, where there are 50,000 fans?"
"That's two things I don't like about you, kid," he said. "You are a liar, and you are from New York."
He walked away with the ball in his hand. Then suddenly, he turned around.
"Just don't let me see you here with another ball today," he said. And he tossed me the baseball.
Copyright © 2004 Harvey Frommer and Frederic J. Frommer
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The authors: Harvey Frommer is the author of thirty-three sports books, including these recent titles: The New York Yankee Encyclopedia, Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball, Growing Up Baseball, Rickey and Robinson: The Men Who Broke Baseball's Color Line, and A Yankee Century: A Celebration of the First Hundred Years of Baseball's Greatest Team. Frederic J. Frommer is an Associated Press correspondent based in Washington, D.C. This is his second book (Growing Up Baseball was his first).
Nearly every single page of this wonderful book have a photograph, a piece of baseball art, a baseball card, a superb piece of trivia, and even a fable or two:
A Baseball Fable
Three disconsolate baseball fans met in the woods. Each was very much concerned about the chances of his team returning to the World Series. Frustrated, the turned to God.
"When will my Cardinals return to the World Series?" the St. Louis fan asked. And God replied: "Not in your lifetime."
"When will my Cubs return to the World Series?" the Chicago fan asked. And God replied: "Not in your children's lifetime."
"When will my Red Sox return to the World Series?" the Boston fan asked. And God replied: "Not in my lifetime."
Source: Red Sox vs Yankees : The Great Rivalry (page vi)
Beantown -› Big Apple. Ted Williams -› Babe Ruth. Matt Damon -› Billy Crystal. The Green Monster -› Monument Park. "Oh, Boston" -› "New York, New York." The list goes on and on and the Red Sox vs. Yankees : The Great Rivalry discusses all these and more.
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