Red Sox vs. Yankees : The Great Rivalry

by Frommer, Harvey

• ISBN13: 9781582617671
• ISBN10: 1582617678
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Sports Pub

Summary

This signature book by the father-son team of Harvey Frommer and Frederic J. Frommer on the "Great Rivalry" features exclusive interviews with former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, former governors Mario Cuomo of New York and Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, congressmen, reporters, broadcasters, and especially former and current players, coaches, managers and front-office execs from the Red Sox and Yankees, including Don Zimmer, Theo Epstein, Nomar Garciaparra, Willie Randolph, Derek Lowe, Jason and Jeremy Giambi, Lou Meroni, Dwight Evans, Lou Piniella, Mike Torrez, Johnny Pesky, Phil Rizzuto, Hawk Harrelson, Bob Watson, Ralph Houk, Eddie Yost, Dwight Evans, Chico Walker, Tony Cloninger, Casey Fossum, Steve Karsay, Grady Little, Mike Stanley, Jim Kaat, Jerry Remy, Mel Parnell and more.

Author Biography

Harvey Frommer is the of more than 33 sports books. Frommer is a professor in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program at Dartmouth College and a longtime follower of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry Frederic J. Frommer is a political reporter with The Associated Press in Washington, D.C. His work has appeared in the The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and USA Today, among others

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
March of Rivalry Time	2	(16)
A day-by-day, month-by-month, year-by-year, decade-by-decade look at almost 100 years of Red Sox vs. Yankees encounters from the first game they played against each other in 1912 to all the off-season moves in 2003.
2003 Playoffs: The Curse Lives On	18	(18)
Yankees vs. Red Sox one more time: drama, controversy, confrontation. Pedro, Zimmer throwdown, Mariano to the rescue. Aaron Boone dinger settles it all.
Collision	36	(20)
An in-depth look at the 1978 season---Don Zimmer and Billy Martin, Yaz and Guidry, Jim Rice and Chris Chambliss, Mike Torrez and Bucky Dent.
Past as Prologue	56	(22)
The dark age of Boston baseball triggered by the sale of Babe Ruth to the Yankees, a 15-year streak of losing campaigns for the Red Sox. The five straight second-place finishes to the Yankees in the American League East. Controversy and bragging rights.
The Mood, the Culture	78	(30)
Red Sox Nation vs. the Yankee Mystique. Oldest and strongest rivalry in American sports history, competition of teams, cities, owners, styles, ballparks, fans, media. Odd moments and strange happenings, ``bad blood,'' rage and violence. Trades and Crossovers.
Ballparks: Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park	108	(30)
The House That Ruth Built vs. the Fens, Monuments and the Green Monster, the Bronx vs. Back bay.
The Yankee Clipper and Teddy Ballgame	138	(16)
Iconic Players---Joseph Paul DiMaggio and Theodore Francis Williams, the Splendid Splinter and Joltin' Joe, the 56-game hitting streak and the last .400 hitter.
The Marker Games	154	(34)
The first game at Fenway, the first game at Yankee Stadium, Babe Ruth's first home run, final weekend of the 1949 season, the season record setting 61st home run by Roger Maris, Yankee Massacre, Red Sox Massacre, the Dent homer.
Talkin' Rivalry	188	(50)
Oral History, one liners, quips, game accounts, confessionals, adages---everyone has something to say.
For the Record	238
Trivia, Charts and Stats.