Best Book About 2004 Red Sox

[wakefield49]

It's been a couple years now. What is the best book about the 2004 Red Sox? And why?

[example1]

Faithful. It is the most in depth.

 

I had a bizarre summer that year with a severe illness in my family and I had to do a lot of traveling and a lot of soul searching. The Red Sox were my escape that year (not like they aren't this year too, but it was more necessary that year), so having 2 people journal about each and every game makes that book pretty special to me.

[a700hitter]

Tale of Two Cities had a lot of good incites.

[mar_022]

i really liked "reversing the curse" if you can handle shaughnessy. I read it in 2 days, couldnt put it down. I haven't read any others though, so i dont know if it's necessarily the "best"

[BoSox21]

Faithful was definitely my favorite

[Cocos Disciples]

I like Now I Can Die In Peace by Bill Simmons (The Sports Guy).

[HeadOfSoxNation]

I like Now I Can Die In Peace by Bill Simmons (The Sports Guy).

 

Agreed...portions of Faithful were painfully boring for me. Not the subject matter, but the way in which it was written.

[Thumper]

Faithful. I went and picked me up a copy after it had been out for a week. Couldn't put it down and finished it in about six days. I love how Stephen King and Stewart O'Nan go in-depth in all of the 2004 games. Naturally my favorite section is from Game 7 of the ALCS to Game 4 of the World Series. Ha ha.

[BoSox21]

The thing that sets Faithful apart is the genuine reaction you get from the ups and downs of the season. Thats what makes the Boston Red Sox movie that was released after the 2003 season so great too but obviously, Faithful ends a little better

[DUSTINMOHR4LIFE]

I like Now I Can Die In Peace by Bill Simmons (The Sports Guy).

 

Agreed. Faithful was simply an OK book, not bad, not great. Now I Can Die In Peace was the best because 1) Simmons is a great writer and 2) it was really, really funny.

[Papelbon58]

Faithful was the best way to relive the season, but the best book to understand the significance was Why Not Us? By Leigh Montville

[Peters34]

Faithful. It is the most in depth.

 

I had a bizarre summer that year with a severe illness in my family and I had to do a lot of traveling and a lot of soul searching. The Red Sox were my escape that year (not like they aren't this year too, but it was more necessary that year), so having 2 people journal about each and every game makes that book pretty special to me.

 

Faithful is good

[Youk Of The Nation]

Its hard to choose from all eight hundred billion of them.

[ksushi]

Now I Can Die in Peace was great.

[Ray10]

I really like Faithful I'm reading it now and another good one was Reversing the Curse. Another great book is Blood Fued.