The Boston Red Sox All-Time All-Stars
The Best Players at Each Position for the Sox
Published on 14. May 2021
256 pages
978-1-4930-6077-1 (ISBN)
Description
Let's say you're the manager of one of the oldest and most beloved franchises in Major League baseball, with every past and current player available in the dugout. Game time is approaching and the ump needs your line-up card. Who's your starting pitcher? Three-hundred-game-winner Lefty Grove, lights-out Pedro Martinez, fireballer Roger Clemens, or the Sox's first Cy Young winner Jim Lonborg? Is Carlton Fisk behind the plate or Jason Varitek? Who'll bat clean-up, Ted Williams or David Ortiz? Combining statistical analysis, common sense, and a host of intangibles, Jeffrey Lyons constructs an all-time All-Star Red Sox line-up for the ages. Agree with his choices or not, you'll learn all there is to know about the men who played for and managed the BoSox.
Reviews / Votes
"Buy this book for the introduction alone!" --Bob Costas "A great read for Red Sox fans and all who love the history of the game!" --Jim Kaat, MLB-TV, winner of 283 games over 25 seasons "Jeffrey Lyons . . . is emotionally and historically qualified to pick an all-time Red Sox team, which he has done with much research and love." --Joe Castiglione, Red Sox broadcasterMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Globe Pequot Press
Illustrations
117 BW Illustrations, 24 Color Illustrations
File size
6,78 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-6077-1 (9781493060771)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
07/2021
The Lyons Press
€18.50
Shipment within 10-20 days
Person
Jeffrey Lyons grew up in a home visited by many of the greats of his father's time. He has cohosted three national movie review shows-Sneak Previews, MSNBC's At the Movies, and Reel Talk-in his forty-five-year career continues in television, radio, and print. Lyons is the author of Stories My Father Told Me (Abbeville) and the coauthor of 101 Great Movie for Kids, as well as three books of baseball trivia, Out of Left Field, Curveball and Screwballs, and Short Hops and Foul Tips. He lives in New York City.
Content
- Intro
- Introduction
- Note from Joe Castiglione
- Starting Pitchers
- Closers
- Catchers
- First Basemen
- Second Basemen
- Shortstops
- Third Basemen
- Left Fielders
- Center Fielders
- Right Fielders
- Designated Hitters
- Managers
- Players Who Stopped By Fenway Briefly En Route to Cooperstown
- One-Hit Wonders, Odd Achievements, and Special Commendations
- Still Waiting for the Call
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- About the Author
