Ballad Of The Beantowne Bosox

Author : Daniel Bates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780595838547
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ballad of the Beantowne Bosox written by Daniel Bates and published by . This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ballad of the Beantowne Bosox, 2004! Listen my children and you shall hear Of a Team and a Towne and a Heck of a Year! 'Twas the 16th of April, Two Thousand Four When the Bosox of Beantowne kicked off some Lore. Thus begins the most Magical Story in the History of Sport. On these pages, Championship Teamwork and Athleticism meet the nimble wit of a True Poetic Artisan. Greatness Achieved in Mythological Measure in Game Four, when Roberts steals second! Then Those Puckish gods of Baseball Fate Lounging in fields of clover, Were inventing the Curse of the Berra: "It ain't over till it's over!" Great Pitching! Stuff Shakespeare would have written if he'd had a T.V.: As the games thus evened at three apiece, As to a seventh the Sox fought toward, They proved their Pen was Mightier Than the Yanks, who through three had soared! Relive this Odyssey of Homers! Revel again, through 295 verses of playful wordsmithery by a true Baseball Virtuoso, the play-by-play that brought Victory's Sweet Cup of Immortality to Boston! With Manny on, Ortiz makes Brown's first pitch Do a noise like "Kablooie!" And sing as it clears the right-field wall, "Meet me in St. Louie!" Destined to be a true classic, the clever wordplay on these pages is literature, history, sports entertainment and humor, all rolled into the Shared Memories of Greatness Achieved in Boston's Championship Year!

Author : Jon Chattman
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1623682231
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the Red Sox Explain New England written by Jon Chattman and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the unique affinity New Englanders have for their Red Sox, this work illustrates how the storied history of the franchise mirrors that of New England itself. Founded in 1901 and playing in front of sold out crowds at Fenway Park for more than a century, the Boston Red Sox are far and away New England's most beloved franchise, and this work features topics such as the team's relationship to the Kennedys, the comparison of fans' treatment of Bill Buckner to the Salem Witch Trials, the fans inside an Irish pub in one of Boston's toughest neighborhoods, and travels to a miniature replica of Fenway Park in a small Vermont town. Entertaining and informative, "How the Red Sox Explain New England" is sure to be popular among one of sports' most passionate and dedicated fan bases.

Author : Matthew Doucet
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1646430557
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Boston Sports Handbook written by Matthew Doucet and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "While reliving the glory of Beantown’s incredible run of championship play, and enjoying colorful, insightful commentaries about legendary athletes like Brady, Russell, Bird, Orr, and Martinez, a host of off-the-beaten-path facts and figures takes you beyond the numbers. Build a battery of knowledge that will soon be the envy of all your friends, and celebrate the city of champions with The Ultimate Boston Sports Handbook." --supplied by publisher.

Author : Thomas E. Libby
Publisher : Berkley Trade
ISBN 13 : 9780425165232
Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Contemporary Crossword Dictionary written by Thomas E. Libby and published by Berkley Trade. This book was released on 2001 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 100,000 solutions are included in this ultimate crossword puzzle solver that has nearly three times the solution rate of other crossword dictionaries. This essential book uses sources such as the "New York Times, Chicago Tribune", and others to present the most comprehensive reference dictionary to help crossword players solve the toughest of puzzles.

Author : John Thorn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743294041
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baseball in the Garden of Eden written by John Thorn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-03-20 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think you know how the game of baseball began? Think again. Forget Abner Doubleday and Cooperstown. Did baseball even have a father--or did it just evolve from other bat-and-ball games? John Thorn, baseball's preeminent historian, examines the creation story of the game and finds it all to be a gigantic lie. From its earliest days baseball was a vehicle for gambling, a proxy form of class warfare. Thorn traces the rise of the New York version of the game over other variations popular in Massachusetts and Philadelphia. He shows how the sport's increasing popularity in the early decades of the nineteenth century mirrored the migration of young men from farms and small towns to cities, especially New York. Full of heroes, scoundrels, and dupes, this book tells the story of nineteenth-century America, a land of opportunity and limitation, of glory and greed--all present in the wondrous alloy that is our nation and its pastime.--From publisher description.

Author : Howard Bryant
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135297762
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shut Out written by Howard Bryant and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shut Out is the compelling story of Boston's racial divide viewed through the lens of one of the city's greatest institutions - its baseball team, and told from the perspective of Boston native and noted sports writer Howard Bryant. This well written and poignant work contains striking interviews in which blacks who played for the Red Sox speak for the first time about their experiences in Boston, as well as groundbreaking chapter that details Jackie Robinson's ill-fated tryout with the Boston Red Sox and the humiliation that followed.

Author : Richard Worth
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786468440
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baseball Team Names written by Richard Worth and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional baseball is full of arcane team names. The Los Angeles Dodgers, for instance, owe their nickname to the trolley tracks that honeycombed Brooklyn in the early 1880s. (Residents were "trolley dodgers.") From the Negro Leagues, there were the Pittsburgh Crawfords (sponsored early by the Crawford Bath House and Recreation Center); from the minors, the Tucson Waddies (slang for cowboy) and, later, the Montgomery Biscuits (for the would-be concessions staple); from overseas, the Adelaide, Australia, Bite (a shark reference but also a pun for bight) and the Bussum, Netherlands, Mr. Cocker HCAW (the sponsoring restaurant chain, followed by the acronym for the official team name, Honkbalclub Allan Weerbaar). This comprehensive reference book explains the nicknames of thousands of major and minor league franchises, Negro League and early independent black clubs, and international teams--from 1869 through 2011.

Author : Steve Fireovid
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803268913
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The 26th Man written by Steve Fireovid and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1996-07-28 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The average major league player currently earns more than half a million dollars a season. But, only 25 players make the big team's roster. The 26th Man details the season-long journey of Steve Fireovid of the Triple A Indianapolis Indians, as he deals with the realities and the heartbreak of playing a kid's games well into his thirties.

Author : Dan Shaughnessy
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0142004766
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Curse of the Bambino written by Dan Shaughnessy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-08-31 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boston Red Sox's loss to the New York Yankees in the 2003 playoffs has been called "the game of the century," evidence that the rivalry between the Red Sox and the Yankees was hotter than ever. In the wake of that defeat, author and Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy updated his bewitching story of the curse that laid over the Red Sox after they sold Babe Ruth to the hated Yankees in 1920. Here he sheds light on classic Sox debacles from the years before they broke the curse and finally reached the World Championship again—from Johnny Pesky's so-called hesitation throw to the horrifying dribbler that slithered between Bill Buckner's legs. Lively and filled with anecdotes, this is baseball folklore at its best.

Author : Lindsay Jill Roth
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476798656
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Pretty Girls Are Made Of written by Lindsay Jill Roth and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Envision Lauren Weisberger’s The Devil Wears Prada in the high-drama, estrogen-infused world of cosmetics, and you have What Pretty Girls Are Made Of—a hilarious debut novel from a writer who’s lived it. In the make-up world, life and love are never cruelty-free... After living in New York City for four years and reaching a dead end on her acting career, Alison Kraft needs a new role—time for a career change. When she reads about the world-famous Sally Steele Cosmetics studio, Alison quickly swoops in to make a good impression and lands a job as an assistant to the diva herself. Surrounded by fantastic new hues of blushes, eye shadows, and glosses, Alison loves her new job and the new swag. Even better, she discovers she’s actually really good at it! But in the midst of juggling her love life, crazy family members, and the grueling demands of a jealous, flaky boss who could put Miranda Priestly to shame, Alison starts to question her choices. How long before the pretty face cracks for good?