Red Sox/Baseball Books

[XOSK]

I've tried to search through the forum as much as possible, but found nothing on the subject... My apologies if this thread like this already exists.

 

I was wondering what your favourite Red Sox/baseball books are? Whether they're coffee table books or novels?

[mvp 78]

Fenway by Peter Golenbock is a great read for learning about Sox history up until the 80's.

 

Dynasty by Tony Massarotti is a quick read about how the 04 and 07 teams came to be.

 

Skip the Dan Shaughnessy books.

[XOSK]

Fenway by Peter Golenbock is a great read for learning about Sox history up until the 80's.

 

Dynasty by Tony Massarotti is a quick read about how the 04 and 07 teams came to be.

 

Skip the Dan Shaughnessy books.

 

Thank you very much, I've got quite a few but I'm interested to see others favourites/general recommendations.

[Bellhorn04]

I've got quite a few Sox books:

Both Shaughnessy books

All Bill Lee's books

Yaz-recent autobiography

Faithful-Stephen King

Now I Can Die in Peace-Bill Simmons

Feeding the Monster-Seth Mnookin

 

Personally I think the Shaughnessy books are actually very good, although I hate a lot of his columns. The Bill Simmons book is a very good read-it's just a collection of his online essays but it works. The Seth Mnookin book is good. Bill Lee's autobiographical books are excellent, and very funny of course. The Yaz autobiography stands out as a great coffee table book-some fantastic pictures of the Sixties/Seventies teams.

 

I've borrowed some from the library as well. Damon's book Idiot is good for a laugh only. Pedroia's autiobiography is worth reading, because his personality really comes through it.

[Spitball]

If you were around in 1967, I strongly suggest Down to the Wire by Jeff Miller. It is the best Red Sox book I have ever read. In fact, I think I will reread it again for the third time next week.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Down-Wire-Jeff-Miller/dp/0878337830

[IRON HORSE]

I personally really liked Dan Halberstam's Teammates: A Portrait of Friendship which is about Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Dom DiMaggio, and Johnny Pesky. Halberstam accounts the career long relationship and dynamics that these Red Sox greats shared. I highly recommend this book as it is really easy to read and Fenway recently made a statue commemorating these highly acclaimed figures of Red Sox folk lore. I cannot wait until Matt Damon and Ben Affleck make a movie adaptation about this book. You read this for the first time here, I deserve all the credit as I was the first to say this here, lol.

 

As mentioned previously, Dynasty by Tony Massarotti is a very easy to read account as to how the red sox machine rose to win the World Series of 2004 and 2007. It is a very insightful account as to how the red sox rose to prominence.

 

Currently, I am working on David Halberstam's Summer of '49 which is about the Yankee/Red Sox series in the summer of '49.

 

Additionally, I know for a fact that my brother bought me the new Fenway book and I cannot wait to dive right into it.

 

If anyone knows of anymore Red Sox books, please respond. Thanks

[XOSK]

I personally really liked Dan Halberstam's Teammates: A Portrait of Friendship which is about Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Dom DiMaggio, and Johnny Pesky. Halberstam accounts the career long relationship and dynamics that these Red Sox greats shared. I highly recommend this book as it is really easy to read and Fenway recently made a statue commemorating these highly acclaimed figures of Red Sox folk lore. I cannot wait until Matt Damon and Ben Affleck make a movie adaptation about this book. You read this for the first time here, I deserve all the credit as I was the first to say this here, lol.

 

As mentioned previously, Dynasty by Tony Massarotti is a very easy to read account as to how the red sox machine rose to win the World Series of 2004 and 2007. It is a very insightful account as to how the red sox rose to prominence.

 

Currently, I am working on David Halberstam's Summer of '49 which is about the Yankee/Red Sox series in the summer of '49.

 

Additionally, I know for a fact that my brother bought me the new Fenway book and I cannot wait to dive right into it.

 

If anyone knows of anymore Red Sox books, please respond. Thanks

 

I've got Remembering Fenway Park and it is absolutely incredible, I'm absolutely in love with the book - being a graphic designer I appreciate it so much more for the layout and beauty of the book, alongside the text.

 

I've also read the book Faithful by Stewart O'Nan and Syephan King, would highly recommend it. I absolutely loved The Teammates, and not long after finishing that I began reading Hitter; The Life and Times of Ted Williams by Ed Linn. They're probably my top recent recommendations if you haven't read them already.

[seabeachfred]

I have a whole laundry list of books I've bought and read since I became a convert back in 2000. There is "One Day at Fenway"by Steve Kettman. It is about a game between the Yankees and Red Sox. I don't dislike the book except for one thing but it makes a fine read. "Reversing the Curse" by San Shaughnessy is one I like. Happy ending. "Idiot" by Johnny Damon with Peter Golenbock is ok but is loaded with errors but still a good reading. Golenbock makes it a habit of making errors in his books. I once read his tome on the Brooklyn Dodgers and wrote him to revise it and get those damn errors out of it. He's famous for those miscues. I would read Idiot anyay. "Win it for" by the Sonss of Sam Born is one worth looking into. It tells what that 2004 WS T itle means to generations of Red Sox fans. Not as significant to me since I came on board 11 years and four months to this day back in 2000.

 

There is "Big Papi", his story of his big dreams and big hits until he became a gripping diva two years ago. "Blood Feud" is my favorite. A struggle between the good guys and the bad guys and the good guys eventually win. "Deep Drive" by Mike Lowell is a good read. I really loved Mike; a team player and clutch performer par excellance. "Red Sox Rule" by Michael Holley is about Terry FrancoMa and our rise to excellance. I've never been a fan of his so I read t his with detachment. Dustin Pedroia's "Born to Play" with Edward Delaney is worth a read. "Why Not Us" by Leigh Montville goes from the outhouse to the penthouse in a nice short read. "Our Red Sox" by Robert Sullivan is more family orientated but a good short book. Tony Massarotti's "Dynasty" is a book about a dynasty that was eventually beaten off its tracks but you don't find it there since it ends after the 2007 season.

 

Good reading!!!!