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Boys of October: How the 1975 Boston Red Sox Embodied Baseball's Ideals - And Restored Our Spirits
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Title: Boys of October: How the 1975 Boston Red Sox Embodied Baseball's Ideals - And Restored Our Spirits
Author: Doug Hornig
ISBN: 9780071431934
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2004
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 1
Number of Pages: 272
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: In the Fall of 1975, the country was mired in the Vietnam War's aftereffects, economic distress, and lingering political turmoil from the Watergate scandal. When the nation sorely needed a diversion removed from the larger events of the day, it arrived in the form of the World Series match-up between the Boston Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds, and both teams delivered in a classic duel. The Reds, nicknamed The Big Red Machine, cruised to 111 regular-season victories and an easy pennant and had already been compared with the best teams of all time. Made up of players in the truest sense, the Reds were clean-cut, disciplined professional athletes at the peaks of their respective careers. Their opponents were the ragtag Red Sox, a cast of characters who had been likened to the boy falling off a turnip truck. The series was a true showdown, an epic seven-game struggle that is widely regarded as the greatest ever played. Four of the seven games were won in the final inning, six were come-from-behind victories, and five, including the nail-biting finale, were decided by a single run. The Boys of October relives the drama of this historic World Series duel and the cultural milieu behind
Author: Doug Hornig
ISBN: 9780071431934
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2004
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 1
Number of Pages: 272
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: In the Fall of 1975, the country was mired in the Vietnam War's aftereffects, economic distress, and lingering political turmoil from the Watergate scandal. When the nation sorely needed a diversion removed from the larger events of the day, it arrived in the form of the World Series match-up between the Boston Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds, and both teams delivered in a classic duel. The Reds, nicknamed The Big Red Machine, cruised to 111 regular-season victories and an easy pennant and had already been compared with the best teams of all time. Made up of players in the truest sense, the Reds were clean-cut, disciplined professional athletes at the peaks of their respective careers. Their opponents were the ragtag Red Sox, a cast of characters who had been likened to the boy falling off a turnip truck. The series was a true showdown, an epic seven-game struggle that is widely regarded as the greatest ever played. Four of the seven games were won in the final inning, six were come-from-behind victories, and five, including the nail-biting finale, were decided by a single run. The Boys of October relives the drama of this historic World Series duel and the cultural milieu behind
