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The Curse of the Bambino (Paperback)

by Dan Shaughnessy (Author) "On Monday January 5, 1920, the Harvard University football team, still celebrating its New Year's Day, 7-6, Rose Bowl victory over Oregon, rolled eastward into..." (more)
Key Phrases: seventeen games, seventh game, fourteen games, World Series, New York, American League (more...)
2.3 out of 5 stars  (58 customer reviews)


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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Boston Globe sportswriter Shaughnessy contends that the cash sale in 1920 of star Babe Ruth by his team, the Boston Red Sox, to the New York Yankees put a curse on the Beantown franchise that has prevailed for 70 years. In support of that argument, he reviews the history of the team--but with a difference. Most books about the Sox during this era may indulge in necessary masochism; Shaughnessy's is a super-deluxe masochism. He concentrates almost exclusively on end-season and post-season play, discussing in agonizing detail the team's four defeats in the World Series, its lack of success in the only two playoff games in league history, the collapse in the 1988 American League Championship Series--and all those times when the Bosox failed to lead their league or division by a single game or two. In story after story of near-triumph, the book should delight the team's most fanatically loyal followers, who will find it the verbal equivalent of a hair shirt.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Larry King, USA Today
The best history of the snake--bitten Boston Red Sox ever penned.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (October 3, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0140296336
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140296334
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  (58 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #976,134 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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