Red Sox vs. Yankees : The Great Rivalry

by Frommer, Harvey

• ISBN13: 9781596700581
• ISBN10: 1596700580
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-15
• 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
The Curse is Broken	2	(18)
March of Rivalry Time	20	(18)
2003 Playoffs: The Curse Lives On	38	(18)
Collision	56	(20)
Past as Prologue	76	(22)
The Mood, The Culture	98	(30)
Ballparks: Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park	128	(30)
The Yankee Clipper and Teddy Ballgame	158	(16)
The Marker Games	174	(36)
Talkin' Rivalry	210
For the Record	162	(10)
About the Authors	172