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8 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
english language ?, November 26, 2002
One wonders if English is the author's second language. The book is a collection of barely-readable jumble that I guess could be caleld a book (it does have pages, after all).As to the content - 1. poorly thought out
2. writes it off as gospel, which it clearly isn't
3. whiny
4. not representative of the fan base at all - he tries to write himself off as the fan base, but this couldn't be further from the truth if he tried
5. a bunch of non-sequitors leading to a revelation is how most of the book goes. for example, let me make an example. What does 1 + 1 equal? The earth is round. That's how he explains himself. Let anyone who reads this be clear - if you somehow do inexplicably decide to read this 'book', please keep in mind these are the thoughts of a very poor author. Not the so-called "Red Sox Nation"
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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
A must experience for all Red Sox fans..., February 8, 1999
By A Customer
Shaughnessy put me back in the same right field bleacher seats from which I saw my first game at age five. I only attended four or five games in the six years my family lived in Boston: By reading this book I saw every major spectacle that ever occurred involving Fenway. It provided much solace for me when the Sox were bounced from the playoffs by Cleveland. Definately a keeper.
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3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
A Loving Look At A Team, A Park, and A People, April 1, 2000
By A Customer
Of all the mountains of words written in the course of reporting on the Boston Red Sox, Dan Shaughnessy's "At Fenway" ranks near the top of the pile. Why? Because it captures the whole picture of what it means to be a Sox fan of a certain age and geographic location. This book is not really a history of the team, although there is plenty of history recounted; mostly of the sharp and painful variety. What it really captures is the feeling of what it means to be a member of Red Sox Nation through the self-revelation of its author (a native of Groton, Massachusetts)and his portraits of the members of that Nation: the players, the fans, the park itself, and the peculiar mindset of the native New Englander and his/her relationship to the Olde Towne Team. All of these points converge in Shaughnessy's story of the fundraising done by the Red Sox for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, as his daughter received treatment there. It is heartfelt without becoming maudlin and sums up the role the Sox have had in the life of New England. If you read and liked Doris Kearns Goodwin's "Wait 'Till Next Year," you'll enjoy this one, too.
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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
An Entertaining Compilation of Red Sox History & Antidotes, October 19, 1998
By A Customer
Shaughnessy does a splendid job of intertwining his personal knowledge and the first hand experiences of others with Red Sox history, past and present, to give the reader a feel for the psychology of a die hard Red Sox fan. If your interested in learning the origin, history, or myths surrounding the players, fenway park, and the franchise, "At Feneway" is a great place to start. If your already a die hard Sox fan then you will no doubt find a story to associate with. Its an easy, enjoyable read.
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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Shaughnessy captures the essence of Red Sox Nation, June 6, 1998
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I found this book to be one of the most comprehensive sports books that I have ever read. Shaughnessy knows Fenway and Red Sox baseball like very few do. His knowledge of the teams historic ability to capture the hearts of New Englanders every summer is what makes this a great read. The Boston Red Sox are a team with a storied past and Shaugnessy relays that fact through his many tales of colorful players and faithful fans. He paints a vivid picture about what it means to be a Red Sox fan. This book is excellent!!!
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0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Great readingMust read for Sox & Fenway fans., March 11, 1998
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I found this publication to be delightful from page one. The author's love of historical Fenway Park, and the significance of it's possible loss to the people of Boston, becomes immediately apparent. Although I have never attended Fenway Park, I could sense it's charm and grace throughout the chapters. This publication is a must read for any Red Sox fan anywhere, which generates an appreciation for not only Fenway, but for those citizens' of Boston, long suffering the Curse of the Bambino!
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1 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
A great book about the struggles and joys of being a Sox fan, March 30, 1999
By A Customer
A enjoyable book with many intresting facts about the team as well as the ballpark.Has many historical facts to go along with it
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Hi Neighbor! Have a 'Gansett! , January 31, 2006
These other reviews on Amazon.com clearly come from south of New Haven. Shaughnessy is a wonderful chronicler of all things Sox. I seldom miss his often-funny, often-poignant column in the Boston Globe Sports section. If you never laced up Chuck Connors hi-tops or played pretend baseball ("bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, I'm up") you may also not know that the Globe has cradled the best sportswriters in this country. Among them Will McDonough, Bud Collins, Bob Ryan, Kevin Paul Dupont, Jackie MacMullan, Ron Borges, Nick Cafardo, Steve Fainaru, and the great Peter Gammons whom Shaughnessy lauds in one chapter. If you want your sports with effete highbrow social commentary, go find Doris Kearns Goodwin. If you want it with the smell of leather and sound of popping helmets, read Shaughnessy and his friends at the Globe.
AT FENWAY is a particularly interesting read now in the post-2004 years. When he wrote it, the curse or streak was still intact. No one could ever have predicted Shilling, Theo, Manny & Big Papi. So the book takes you back into those bleak years of rising spring expectations and falling autumn hopes. There is good history about the Royal Rooters and the origins of Fenway park. Ted Williams gets his due, as do some minor colorful characters such as "Turnpike" Joe Morgan and Chuck Waseleski, the maniacal keeper of arcane Red Sox statistics. The book dates itself in the mid-nineties with heavy emphasis on the '86 loss, subsequent playoff losses, and the Lou Gorman-Dan Duquette management of the team. Thank heavens we know the happy outcome awaiting Red Sox nation in '04 or this might be really painful stuff to read.
The best column Shaughnessy has ever written for the Globe - April 18, 1994 - will bring tears to even the stoniest Yankee fan. He writes about his daughter, her experience fighting leukemia, and the big heartedness of many sports celebrities.
The ode to Fenway park and Red Sox culture is pertinent as a new management team takes the now winning Old Towne Team into the new century (sans 600 club). It's a terrific mid-winter read.
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5 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
Shaugnessy Needs a Shock Collar, March 8, 2000
Dan Shaugnessy personifies what is wrong with New England sports fans-- pompous know-it-alls with huge white-guy afros who moan constantly about the state of their teams, always looking in the past. One can almost feel bad for Dan-- he seems to think that Red Sox will once again win the world series. "Almost" because he is, as I said, respresentative of New England sports fans. This book is filled with anecdotes that only Red Sox fans will find amusing, insights that someone else has probably already expressed, and collective self-pity that defies imagination.
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