1967 Red Sox
Author | : Raymond Sinibaldi |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2014-03-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781439644652 |
ISBN-13 | : 1439644659 |
Rating | : 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: A photo-packed celebration of Boston’s 1967 pennant win. It was a summer that united a city and transformed a franchise. Led by 1967 MVP Carl Yastrzemski and Boston’s first Cy Young Award winner, Jim Lonborg, the youngest Red Sox team since the days of Babe Ruth went from ninth to first place in what remains the closest pennant race in baseball history. Tony Conigliaro, Rico Petrocelli, George Scott, Reggie Smith, Billy Rohr, Jerry Adair, and their teammates became household names to the Fenway Faithful as they carried the Red Sox to their first World Series in twenty-one years under manager Dick Williams—and this book is filled with personal reminiscences and photos of that glorious season.