Game Day: Red Sox Baseball The Greatest Games, Players, Managers and Teams in the Glorious Tradition of Red Sox Baseball

by Athlon Sports; Pesky, Johnny

• ISBN13: 9781572438361
• ISBN10: 1572438363
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: Triumph Books

Summary

The names are oh, so familiar to fans of our national pastime. Ted Williams, the Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived. Carl Yastrzemski, Teddy Ballgame's heir in Fenway's left field, who staked his own claim to greatness. Roger Clemens, the greatest pitcher of his or perhaps any era. Pedro Martinez, whose starts brought the electricity of a rock concert to Fenway Park.

Author Biography

Athlon Sports is a publisher of preseason, single-title sports annuals, covering professional and college athletics and distributed throughout North America and Europe. Founded in 1967, they are now the largest sports magazine in the U.S., and have won Publisher of the Year, Magazine of the Year, and an Emmy Award. They are based primarily in Nashville, Tennessee. Johnny Pesky is a former Major League Baseball player and manager for the Boston Red Sox. He is also a former color commentator for the Red Sox, and his many decades of affiliation with the team have lead the team to honor him by retiring his number and naming a pole in Fenway Park "The Pesky Pole." He lives in Boston.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. xi
Traditions and Pageantry	p. 1
The Great Red Sox	p. 11
The Great Teams	p. 43
Red Sox Superlatives	p. 83
Talkin' Red Sox Baseball	p. 99
The Rivalry	p. 113
Facts and Figures	p. 129
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