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Title: Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry by Harvey Frommer, Frederic Frommer ISBN: 1-58261-767-8 Publisher: Sports Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: March, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (30 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: THE HIGHLANDER - JUST TREMENDOUS READING
Comment: I loved it and read it in 2 days)Perfect for fans of the Bronx OR Beantown Bombers! Harvey and Fred Frommer have once again, done the impossible. Red Sox vs. Yankees "The Rivalry" may very well be the first (and last) book you will ever see on BOTH New York AND Boston fan's coffee tables. Written with the Frommer's usual attention to detail, "The Rivalry" covers virtually every aspect of this love-hate relationship with equal time given to both sides. A thorough history of both franchises clearly illustrates what makes these ball clubs so special and the
testimonial section (featuring athletes, politicians and everyday fans from both cities) grants the reader passage into the psyche of their counterparts. We enjoyed everything about this book from Fred's introduction referencing a childhood trip to Fenway, to the wonderful photography from Harvey's private collection, to the closing side-by-side comparisons of the cities of Boston and New York. No fan should be without it.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Don't Make Like that anymore
Comment: Not since the Hattfields and McCoys has there been a rivalry that is so intense that you can cut it with a knife. And this rivalry seems to get stronger and stronger every year. You have your Yankees-Mets, Giants-Dodgers, Cubs-White Sox, Rangers and Islanders; I can go on and on. Year in and year out, no matter what position the teams hold in the standings, whether the Yankees are following the Red Sox or the Red Sox are behind the Bombers there is that little bit extra that makes those two team top drawer.
There were several books that were written on the subject in whole or in part. Harvey and Frederic J. Frommer have a hit on their hands maybe even extra bases. Harvey Frommer a baseball and Yankee fan living in New England is an author of over 33 sports books. He teams up once again with his son Frederic J. Frommer, a political author with the Associated Press to share their own experiences and collect scores of others. The put them all together in a beautiful hardcover coffee table book for us all to enjoy. Rarely do I read a book cover to cover in such a small time period but this book leaves you asking for more and more. In all my days I have never seen a book that captured that rivalry they way this one does. This book covers it from every perspective (with a slight slant towards the Yankees).
This book gives a day-by-day, month-by-month, decade-by-decade chronological calendar of every event that built up the friction that exists between these two teams and their fans. It tops it all off with a detailed recap of the 2003 ALCS. It is the ultimate stage for the great competition between the two clubs.
What book on this subject wouldn't cover the 1978 season? This one takes you from when the Yankees trailed the Sox by 14 games in August right through to the Bucky Dent home run in the AL East tiebreaker. It rekindles each and every memory of you have tucked away of that monumental season. It goes into detail of the teams' histories as well as the background of two of the finest Stadiums in baseball history. Behind every great ballpark is a great player (or two dozen) and what two better players exemplify the traditions of their respective teams than Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams? And the Frommers present them both in class fashion.
There is a chapter called the Marker Games, which highlights some of the classic confrontations of the bitter rivals. That brings me to what is my favorite part of the book. It is the recollections of the rivalry by the people that watched, covered and played them. Not only are there celebrities, writers and former players but also there are fans just like you and I. Fans, celebrities and players from both sides of the fence share their memories with us, both happy and not so happy. You will see names like Don Zimmer, Ralph Houk, Willie Randolph, Dwight Evans, Mike Stanley just to name a few of the players and coaches. Politicians like America's Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former governors Mario Cuomo (NY) and Michael Dukakis (Mass), former White House press secretary Ari Fleisher and many more. Best of all there are fans, Boston Fans and New York Fans. It like a good bar argument without the fear of getting beer spilled on you.
And what great photos!! Color, Black and White, Classic, Today, you can spend hours looking at the pictures alone.
This book is a must for Yankees, Red Sox and Baseball fans alike. It will definitely clear away a few of those cobwebs. It will bring out your own stories, make you remember where your were when Bucky Dent hit "the" home run (or if you a Boston fan, Bucky "effing" Dent). I would rate this book in the top five Yankee books that I have read. I suspect the Frommer name might be on a couple more on my list.
Rating: 2
Summary: disappointment to all but the most unknowledgeable fans
Comment: I was excited to get this book, but what a letdown. I have never read any of the other books by this author and his son, and certainly won't now. I found several typos and a slew of downright factual errors in the one hundred or so pages I read before I put it down. I am an avid Red Sox fan, so some of the mistakes won't bother a less interested fan, but they did bother me. And unbelievably, most of the pictures in this book are either reprints of baseball cards, or personal photos taken from the "Frommer Archives" (I guess he just hung out at the ballparks for a while. ridiculous). Spend your money on this book if you know little about the Sawks and Yanks and are interested in a broad overview. Otherwise buy "The Teammates" or something with a little more spice.
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Title: Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero by Leigh Montville ISBN: 0385507488 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 13 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Few and Chosen: Defining Red Sox Greatness Across the Eras by Johnny Pesky, Phil Pepe, Carl Yastrzemski, Ben Affleck ISBN: 1572436085 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: March, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Yankees: Where Have You Gone? by Maury Allen ISBN: 1582617198 Publisher: Sports Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Where Have All Our Yankees Gone?: Past the Pinstripes by Brian Jensen, Mrs. Mickey Mantle ISBN: 1589790596 Publisher: Taylor Pub Pub. Date: May, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Taking on the Yankees: Winning and Losing in the Business of Baseball, 1903 to 2003 by Henry D. Fetter ISBN: 0393057194 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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