The Curse of the Bambino

Dan Shaughnessy

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Penguin USA
31 August 2004

Social & cultural history; Baseball

The Boston Red Sox's loss to the New York Yankees in the 2003 playoffs has been called ""the game of the century,"" evidence that the rivalry between the Red Sox and the Yankees was hotter than ever.

In the wake of that defeat, author and Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy updated his bewitching story of the curse that laid over the Red Sox after they sold Babe Ruth to the hated Yankees in 1920. Here he sheds light on classic Sox debacles from the years before they broke the curse and finally reached the World Championship again-from Johnny Pesky's so-called hesitation throw to the horrifying dribbler that slithered between Bill Buckner's legs. Lively and filled with anecdotes, this is baseball folklore at its best.

By: Dan Shaughnessy
Imprint: Penguin USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 210g
ISBN: 9780142004760
ISBN 10: 0142004766
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 31 August 2004
Recommended Age: From 7 to 9 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dan Shaughnessy is a sports columnist for the Boston Globe. He is the author of numerous books on Boston's rich sports history, including Ever Green- The Story of the Boston Celtics and One Strike Away.

Reviews for The Curse of the Bambino

Shaughnessy emerges as something like a jockAEs Hawthorne, evoking the muse and writing of witchcraft, foiled heroism, and the scarlett letter B upon every Red Sox fanAEs breast. (Scott Booth, The National ) A wonderful book that performs magnificently on every leveluas history, as mythology, as drama, and as pure entertainment. (Doris Kearns Goodwin) The quintessential New England horror story. Read it and weep. (Stephen King)