Every Red Sox fan cherishes memories of great games that will never be forgotten, and wonders what it would have been like to be in the park for other outstanding moments from the team's checkered past. Were you there when Roger Clemens notched his first 20-strikeout game? Where were you on that incredible day—October 27, 2004—when the curse was shattered?
Covering the history of the Boston Red Sox, The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games lets you relive the very best (and worst) moments dating back to 1903. From history-making plays to historic achievements, Cecilia Tan and Bill Nowlin recreate the suspense, excitement, and drama of every game on the list. Drawing on in-depth research, personal player interviews, and newspaper and magazine accounts of the day, they recreate the action on the field and the history surrounding it.
Be there as:
* Babe Ruth hurls a stunning, 14-inning complete game in the 1918 World Series
* The struggling 1927 Bosox outgun "Murderers' Row" to beat the Yankees in 18 innings
* The greatest hitter who ever lived slams a home run in his last major league at-bat—for the second time
* Yaz and Gentleman Jim bring the magic back by winning the "Impossible Dream" pennant
* Luis Tiant records a titanic victory to even the 1975 World Series
* Bucky Dent hits "the homer"
* Cy Young meets Cy Old in the 1999 ALCS
* The Red Sox, with their backs to the wall, take four straight from the Yankees to win the 2004 ALCS
The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games captures all the mania, mystery, and underdog tenacity of the Olde Towne Team.
Author Bios
Cecilia Tan is the Publications Director for SABR (Society for American Baseball Research), where she edits the Baseball Research Journal. In recent years she has also served as co-editor of Baseball Prospectus 2012 and 2013, as well as In the Dugout: Yankees. She is the winner of a USA Today SABR Research Award and her writing on baseball can still be found at the oldest baseball blog on the Internet, WhyILikeBaseball.com.
Bill Nowlin has authored or edited more than three dozen books about baseball, mostly about the Boston Red Sox. He’s been national Vice President of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) since 2004, which was a big year for the Red Sox. He is also a co-founder of the Rounder Records music label and a former professor who has recently taught college courses on Sports Reporting and Baseball and Politics for Lesley University and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
Reviews for The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games:
"Here's the deal. it costs about $43 for a grandstand seat at Fenway Park these days, unless you buy the ticket from a scalper, which makes the cost $2 million. If you went to just 50 games of any dimension that means the cost would be either $2,150 or $100 million. Here, for considerably less, you get the 50 greatest games the Red Sox ever played, plus tight prose, snappy anecdotes, and reasoned judgments. Bargains like this don't come often. Plus, you don't even have to pay for parking."
– Leigh Montville, author of The Big Bam, and Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero
"It's a daunting task, but Cecilia M. Tan and Bill Nowlin have come up with the Red Sox greatest hits album, the box set. Enjoy."
– Dan Shaughnessy, author of Reversing the Curse
"Old Towne Team fans will think they have died and gone to heaven with The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games in their grasp. Informative, exciting, entertaining... Cecilia Tan and Bill Nowlin have done a good deed for the Fenway faithful."
– Harvey Frommer, coauthor of Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great
