boston red sox (baseball team)

"From the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees, Babe Ruth's epic rise to the Baseball Hall of Fame is one to remember. Learn more about Ruth in this epic biography"--.

Traces the history of the Boston Red Sox, highlights significant games and players, and includes photographs, a time line, statistics, quotes, anecdotes, and a glossary.

"Follow the Boston Red Sox from its origins to the present. Sports fans will love learning about the history of one of baseball's most iconic teams, along with its championship wins, greatest players, and more"--.

"From the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees, Babe Ruth's epic rise to the Baseball Hall of Fame is one to remember. Learn more about Ruth in this epic biography"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the confluence between sports, history, economics, and geography in Massachusetts.

"Cy Young was one of the hardest-throwing pitchers of all time. He recorded three no-hitters--including a perfect game--and accumulated more than 2,800 strikeouts on his way to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Scott H. Longert uses Young's life story to introduce middle-grade readers to the game, explaining balls, strikes, and outs in an easy-to-understand way. Longert narrates each season and each milestone game with an enthusiastic play-by-play that is sure to draw readers into the excitement on the field and in the crowd, fostering a better understanding of and a passion for baseball. Baseball fans today know Cy Young's name chiefly through the award given in his honor each year to the best pitcher in the National and the American Leagues. Denton True 'Cyclone' Young won more than five hundred games over a career that spanned four decades, a record that no other major league pitcher has come close to matching. In addition to being the winningest pitcher in baseball history, he was also a kind, self-effacing, and generous man. Born into a farm family in rural Ohio, he never lost touch with the small-town values he grew up with"--Provided by the publisher.

Tells the life story of baseball player Johnny Damon, who has played for both the Boston Red Sox and their longtime rivals, the New York Yankees.

Provides insights into the personal lives of Boston Red Sox players Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Dom DiMaggio, and Johnny Pesky, all of whom played for the baseball team in the 1940s, and discusses the friendship that continued to thrive among the four men for over sixty years.

A history of the Boston Red Sox major league baseball team.