In 2004, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series in historic fashion. This book, published on the 20th anniversary of the 2004 championship, celebrates that team by collecting biographies all of the players on the roster alongside essays about that unprecedented postseason run and its ripples throughout New England. These biographies include everyone on the team, from the stars like David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis, and Johnny Damon to a couple of guys who would later manage their own teams in the big leagues in Dave Roberts and Gabe Kapler, to the manager, Terry Francona, and his coaches.
Seeing the team win the World Series for the first time in 86 years resonated throughout New England and ‚Red Sox Nation‘ beyond, tapping into the strong sentiments that people have rooting for the underdog. When Dan Shaughnessy wrote the book The Curse of The Bambino, the title resonated with every Red Sox fan. But the ‚curse‘ was reversed when the Red Sox avenged that and every other loss to the Yankees by becoming the first team to ever win a seven-game series after being down three games to none.
Chicago Cubs and White Sox fans have had even longer waits, but only the Red Sox had so many excruciating last-minute losses along the way. We hope readers will enjoy the story of Kathryn Gemme, who finally saw her Red Sox win it all again, when she was 109 years old. Also in the book we include the memories of a few dozen fans and details of the first-of-its-kind ‚trophy tour‘ to all 351 towns in Massachusetts.
This book began as a project of the Boston Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research, but grew to embrace the contributions of 68 different SABR members, including both Yankees and Cardinals fans. SABR’s Digital Library has now passed 100 volumes, all created, researched, and written by SABR members.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Curse Reversed by Joanne Hulbert
Editor’s Introduction by Bill Nowlin
THE PLAYERS
TERRY ADAMS by Jason Scheller
ABE ALVAREZ by Bob Le Moine
JIMMY ANDERSON by Ralph Caola
BRONSON ARROYO by Greg D. Tranter
PEDRO ASTACIO by Gregory H. Wolf
MARK BELLHORN by Jason Scheller
JAMIE BROWN by Bob Le Moine
ELLIS BURKS by Robert Brustad
ORLANDO CABRERA by Tony S. Oliver
FRANK CASTILLO by Luca Rossi
CÉSAR CRESPO by Tony S. Oliver
JOHNNY DAMON by Mark S. Sternman
BRIAN DAUBACH by Karl Cicitto
LENNY DINARDO by Scott Melesky
ANDY DOMINIQUE by Bob Le Moine
ALAN EMBREE by Bill Nowlin
KEITH FOULKE by Keley Russo and Karen De Luca Stephens
NOMAR GARCIAPARRA by Ralph Caola
RICKY GUTIERREZ by Malcolm Allen
ADAM HYZDU by George ‚Skip‘ Tuetken
BOBBY JONES by Budd Bailey
GABE KAPLER by Donna L. Halper
BYUNG-HYUN KIM by Robert P. Nash
CURTIS LESKANIC by Jesse Asbury
DEREK LOWE by Bill Nowlin
MARK MALASKA by John Vorperian
ANASTACIO MARTÍNEZ by Eric Conrad and Mark Morowczynski
PEDRO MARTÍNEZ by Norm King
ANGEL ‚SANDY‘ MARTÍNEZ by Eric Conrad and Mark Morowczynski
DAVE MCCARTY by Jeff English
RAMIRO MENDOZA by Nick Malian
DOUG MIENTKIEWICZ by Ryan Palencer and Bill Nowlin
KEVIN MILLAR by Karen De Luca Stephens and Keley Russo
DOUG MIRABELLI by Matt Perry
BILL MUELLER by Kevin Bley
MIKE MYERS by Robert Emerson
JOE NELSON by Bob Webster
TROT NIXON by Tim Peeler
DAVID ORTIZ by Bill Nowlin
BRANDON PUFFER by Bill Nowlin
MANNY RAMÍREZ by Bill Nowlin
POKEY REESE by Bob Le Moine
DAVE ROBERTS by Richard Bogovich
CURT SCHILLING by Bill Nowlin
PHIL SEIBEL by Greg D. Tranter
EARL SNYDER by Budd Bailey
MIKE TIMLIN by Bill Nowlin
JASON VARITEK by Chad Hagan
TIM WAKEFIELD by Bill Nowlin
SCOTT WILLIAMSON by Mark Schremmer
KEVIN YOUKILIS by Dave Dionisio
AND MORE
Über den Autor
BILL NOWLIN confesses to have left Game Three of the 2004 ALCS before it was over – due to a 13-year-old son at home with a friend. But since the 1950s he has attended countless Red Sox games at a place he often calls his ’second home.‘ He waited 59 years to see the Sox win it all. He is one of the founders of Rounder Records; the one Hall of Fame into which he was inducted is the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. He has written and edited many books, mostly on baseball and mostly for SABR, but has not gone far in life – he lives in Cambridge, maybe 10 miles from where he was born in Boston.
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