Pawtucket Red Sox

How Rhode Island Lost Its Home Team

James M Ricci

$60.95 $51.42

Hardback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

History PR
31 January 2022

History of the Americas; Regional government; Local history; Baseball

Series: Sports

The Pawtucket Red Sox were one of the country's premier AAA baseball teams, and for forty-five years they called Rhode Island home. In February 2015, a group of investors purchased the team from the widow of beloved owner Ben Mondor and longtime executives Mike Tamburro and Lou Schwechheimer. The group tried to keep the team in Rhode Island and move them to a new ballpark, first in Providence and then in Pawtucket. But building sports stadiums requires vision, political will and leadership. Through a series of political and financial missteps, the various plans collapsed, resulting in the announcement in August 2018 that the team would be moving to Worcester, Massachusetts. Join author James Ricci as he reveals how Rhode Island lost its revered team.

By: James M Ricci
Imprint: History PR
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 494g
ISBN: 9781540251312
ISBN 10: 1540251314
Series: Sports
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 31 January 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

James M. Ricci is a native Rhode Islander. He holds a doctorate degree from Salve Regina University in Newport, where he explored the city's efforts to reinvent itself from a sailor town to a tourist center following World War II. This led to a particular interest in the quarter-century struggle to build the Newport Bridge, which resulted in The Newport Bridge, published by The History Press in 2018. A lifelong baseball fan, he became curious about the details surrounding the departure of the Pawtucket Red Sox from Rhode Island to Worcester, Massachusetts. He has published articles on bungalow architecture and the Florida land boom of the 1920s. Jim is an avid golfer and serves on the board of directors of the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River, Massachusetts.