101 Things You May Not Have Known About the Boston Red Sox

There is something for every Red Sox fan in John White’s “101 Things You May Not Have Known About The Boston Red Sox.” Major League Baseball has a long and storied history and the Boston Red Sox have more than played their part in it. However, this book is not exclusively a work of reference, or a compendium of lists, or a collection of biographies, or a compilation of trivia. It is a gloriously quirky mixture of all these things and much more besides. Within these pages, the reader will learn hundreds of fascinating facts about the Red Sox on a wide range of topics, from their 7 World Series wins; retired numbers and many wonderful stories of legendary Red Sox players including Roger Clemens, Duffy Lewis, Dominic Dom DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, Luis Tiant, Ted Williams, Smoky Joe Wood, Carl Yastrzemski, Cy Young, and perhaps the most famous MLB player of all-time, the one and only Babe Ruth. The book encompasses the notable feats with bat and ball of both the slugging gods and their assistant pie-throwers and the epic World Series encounters in which they participated. A veritable cornucopia of information about the Red Sox, "101 Things You May Not Have Known About The Boston Red Sox " will bring hours of reading pleasure to every Red Sox fan.