The Red Sox Before the Babe
Boston’s Early Days in the American League, 1901–1914
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About the Book
Until 2004, when the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series Championship in 86 years, the team had been plagued by the Curse of the Bambino, a mythical drought attributed to the team’s loss of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. Though Ruth was a star pitcher in Boston, he was merely continuing a 14-year tradition of the club’s strong arms and bats. With rosters that included Cy Young, Jimmy Collins, Jesse Burkett, Jack Chesbro, Big Bill Dinneen, Smoky Joe Wood and Tris Speaker, among others, the young franchise powered its way to three pennants and a couple of world championships before Babe arrived in Beantown. This book covers the team’s early years from the diamond to the executive offices.
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
Donald Hubbard
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 236
Bibliographic Info: 41 photos, notes, index
Copyright Date: 2009
pISBN: 978-0-7864-3911-9
eISBN: 978-0-7864-5463-1
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vi
Foreword by Peter Nash 1
Preface 3
Prologue 5
JIMMY COLLINS’ BOSTON AMERICANS
1. The Roxbury Rooters 7
2. Hugh Duffy Loves and Leaves the Boston Americans 13
3. ’02 and Out 26
4. Jimmy Collins Cracks a Smile 37
5. Tessie Wins a World Series for Boston 48
6. John I. Taylor Owns Boston 63
7. A Crab Cannot Stem the Tide 75
8. Taylor-Made Disaster 86
9. Chick 99
10. The Year of Four Managers 108
ROUGH CARRIGAN’S RED SOX
11. Red Sox Are Born 119
12. John I. Ruins the Team … Again 131
13. John I. in the Hands of an Angry Lord 141
14. The Odyssey 151
15. New Owner, New Park and a Pennant 163
16. The 1912 World Series 173
17. Smoky Joe Goes Skiing Downhill 186
18. Papists and Protestants 197
19. Jack Dunn Sells Out 201
Epilogue 213
Chapter Sources 215
Bibliography 219
Index 221
