false 2483600 1 <div><div>A unique look at the inner workings of a major league baseball team and how the Red Sox went from perennial losers to baseball's next dynasty.<br><br><br><br>When the Boston Red Sox defeated the Colorado Rockies in the 2007 World Series, they did more than win their second world championship in four seasons---they changed forever the identity of a franchise once defined by its spectacular failures. If winning the 2004 World Series permanently buried Boston&#8217;s tragic past, the team&#8217;s 2007 championship reinforced its promising future while changing the culture, mentality, and mind-set of the Red Sox and their followers.<br><br><br><br>But the team's meteoric rise was not without controversy, and behind-the-scene clashes and infighting within the organization are revealed here in detail for the first time: The wildly popular pitcher Pedro Martinez and outfield sensation Johnny Damon were allowed to depart as free agents, and the Red Sox had to endure the temporary resignation of General Manager Theo Epstein. <br><br><br><br>Author Tony Massarotti has been covering the Red Sox since the 1991 season and in <i>Dynasty</i>, Massarotti provides an in-depth and probing look at how the Red Sox became the most successful franchise in baseball.<br><br></div></div> 2490802 1 4 2008 Dynasty: The Inside Story of How the Red Sox Became a Baseball Powerhouse total:7|5:3|4:1|3:2|2:1| 7 27 20 4 3 0 false false Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 17:26:55 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 15:51:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 11 18:39:53 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 18:40:23 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 07:53:45 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 07:18:29 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 05:55:51 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 05:30:40 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Apr 15 20:27:20 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 20:11:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Mar 04 18:13:43 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 18:14:00 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Mar 04 14:11:05 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 14:11:05 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Mar 04 13:26:39 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 13:26:39 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 16:27:41 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 16:27:54 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 08 08:15:37 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 08:15:45 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 08 18:28:17 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 18:28:17 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Sep 14 16:26:23 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 16:26:23 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Aug 27 15:34:22 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 15:34:22 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Aug 25 10:37:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 10:37:00 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 10:34:55 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 14:26:06 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Aug 02 08:12:05 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 08:12:05 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jul 28 09:04:19 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 09:04:44 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Jun 13 17:26:51 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 17:26:51 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue May 06 07:55:13 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 07:55:20 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Apr 29 19:14:56 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 19:15:00 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2483600