The Red Sox Before the Babe: Boston's Early Days in the American League, 1901-1914

by Don Hubbard

Until 2004, when the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series Championship in 86 years, the team had been plagued by the Curse of the Bambino, a mythical drought attributed to the team's loss of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. Though Ruth was a star pitcher in Boston, he was merely continuing a 14-year tradition of the club's strong arms and bats. With rosters that included Cy Young, Jimmy Collins, Jesse Burkett, Jack Chesbro, Big Bill Dinneen,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786439114
• ISBN13: 9780786439119
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher