Sox Bid Curse Farewell

The 2004 Boston Red Sox

Bill Nowlin

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Society for American Baseball Research
20 March 2024

Biography: sport; History of the Americas; Local history; Baseball

"In 2004, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series in historic fashion. This book, published on the 20th anniversary of the 2004 championship, celebrates that team by collecting biographies all of the players on the roster alongside essays about that unprecedented postseason run and its ripples throughout New England. These biographies include everyone on the team, from the stars like David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis, and Johnny Damon to a couple of guys who would later manage their own teams in the big leagues in Dave Roberts and Gabe Kapler, to the manager, Terry Francona, and his coaches.

Seeing the team win the World Series for the first time in 86 years resonated throughout New England and ""Red Sox Nation"" beyond, tapping into the strong sentiments that people have rooting for the underdog. When Dan Shaughnessy wrote the book The Curse of The Bambino, the title resonated with every Red Sox fan. But the ""curse"" was reversed when the Red Sox avenged that and every other loss to the Yankees by becoming the first team to ever win a seven-game series after being down three games to none.

Chicago Cubs and White Sox fans have had even longer waits, but only the Red Sox had so many excruciating last-minute losses along the way. We hope readers will enjoy the story of Kathryn Gemme, who finally saw her Red Sox win it all again, when she was 109 years old. Also in the book we include the memories of a few dozen fans and details of the first-of-its-kind ""trophy tour"" to all 351 towns in Massachusetts.

This book began as a project of the Boston Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research, but grew to embrace the contributions of 68 different SABR members, including both Yankees and Cardinals fans. SABR's Digital Library has now passed 100 volumes, all created, researched, and written by SABR members."

Edited by: Bill Nowlin
Imprint: Society for American Baseball Research
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 789g
ISBN: 9781960819192
ISBN 10: 1960819194
Pages: 340
Publication Date: 20 March 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"BILL NOWLIN confesses to have left Game Three of the 2004 ALCS before it was over - due to a 13-year-old son at home with a friend. But since the 1950s he has attended countless Red Sox games at a place he often calls his ""second home."" He waited 59 years to see the Sox win it all. He is one of the founders of Rounder Records; the one Hall of Fame into which he was inducted is the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. He has written and edited many books, mostly on baseball and mostly for SABR, but has not gone far in life - he lives in Cambridge, maybe 10 miles from where he was born in Boston."

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Sox Bid Curse Farewell

The 2004 Boston Red Sox

Bill Nowlin

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