The Franchise: Boston Red Sox: A Curated History of the Red Sox

by Sean McAdam

Overview

In The Franchise: Boston Red Sox, take a more profound and unique journey into the history of the team.

This thoughtful and engaging collection of essays captures the astute fans’ history of the franchise, going beyond well-worn narratives of yesteryear to uncover the less-discussed moments, decisions, people, and settings that fostered the team's iconic identity.
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Through wheeling and dealing, mythmaking and community building, explore where the organization has been, how it got to prominence in the modern major league landscape, and how it’ll continue to evolve and stay in contention for generations to come. 

Red Sox fans in the know will enjoy this personal, local, in-depth look at baseball history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781637270004
Publisher:	Triumph Books
Publication date:	07/12/2022
Series:	The Franchise
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	1,061,130
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Sean McAdam is a beat writer and columnist for BostonSportsJournal.com and previously covered the Red Sox for The Providence Journal and The Boston Herald. He has also served as an analyst for Red Sox broadcasts on WEEI and NESN. His first book, Boston: America's Best Sports Town, was published in 2018.

Table of Contents

Foreword David Ortiz ix

Introduction xiii

Part 1 History

1 Fenway Park 3

2 The Yawkey Era 19

3 The Henry Era 35

Part 2 The Media

4 Ned Martin 49

5 Peter Gammons 57

6 Jerry Remy 66

Part 3 The Rivalry

7 The Yankees Dominate (1920-1977) 79

8 1978 88

9 2003 99

Part 4 The Icons

10 Ted Williams 113

11 Carl Yastrzemski 124

12 David Ortiz 134

Part 5 The Aces

13 Roger Clemens 145

14 Pedro Martinez 156

Part 6 Oust Missed

15 1967 171

16 1975 181

17 1986 192

Part 7 The Golden Age

18 2004 205

19 2007 214

20 2013 222

21 2018 231

Part 8 Transformative Figures

22 Dick O'Connell 243

23 Theo Epstein 252

24 Terry Francona 263

Acknowledgments 275

Appendix 277