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It Was Never About the Babe: How the Boston Red Sox Overcame Decades of Mismanagement and Racism and Built a Dynasty
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 So...more
Hardcover, 336 pages
Published
March 9th 2009
by Skyhorse Publishing
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Until their historic World Series win in 2004, many Boston fans considered the Red Sox to be under a curse, the Curse of the Bambino, a curse some claimed started after Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. In "It was never about the Babe" author Jerry Gutlon shows that the Red Sox were never cursed by the Babe but were denied a World Series win for over 80 years by a combination of many factors: ignorant owners; poor management; players with big egos; the loss of pl...more
Gutlon showed flashes of brilliance in this book and chose a great topic to address although I think his style and execution wasn't the best.
On a side note this book should have been titled "Dan Shaughnessy is a big fat idiot: Why there is nothing mystical about a poorly run team failing to win"
Anyway, back to the book. I like that Gutlon goes through the entire history of the organization because there is quite a lot of justification to be done when you don't win for that long and there has to...more
On a side note this book should have been titled "Dan Shaughnessy is a big fat idiot: Why there is nothing mystical about a poorly run team failing to win"
Anyway, back to the book. I like that Gutlon goes through the entire history of the organization because there is quite a lot of justification to be done when you don't win for that long and there has to...more
This book could have been so much better. It was so thin. Research was done, but there was no depth. I'll try Shut Out or some of the other books in the bibliography that might give me more depth to the Yawkey years.
Straightforward, informative book on Red Sox history. Doesn't pull any punches, a good read
A somewhat factually challenged but still competent history on Red Sox mismanagement over the years. Not a lot of new stuff here for diehards, but still a good read.
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