1918 was the last year the Boston Red Sox would win the win the World Series for more than 80 years. And a Boston player known as The Colossus, Babe Ruth, would begin his historic transformation into baseball's greatest slugger. The author also posed an interesting question: Was the 1918 World Series fixed? In very good condition. I have around 60 books on the Red Sox teams and players and over 200 baseball team histories in stock. Discounts available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.

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Title

Babe Ruth and the 1918 Red Sox: Babe Ruth and the World Champion Boston Red Sox

Publisher

iUniverse Star First Edition

Publication Date

2000

Language

English

ISBN 10

0595148263

ISBN 13

9780595148264

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

No Jacket

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1918. The date resonates with every Boston Red Sox fan the year their team won its last World Series championship. But beyond the franchise's legendary curse, what is known of the men who were crowned baseball's best on September 11, 1918?During that tumultuous summer, the Great War in Europe cast an ominous shadow over the national game, as enlistments and the draft wreaked havoc with every team's roster. Players and owners fought bitterly over contracts and revenue, the parks were infested with gamblers, and the Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs almost called off the World Series. And a Boston player known as The Colossus 23-year-old Babe Ruth began his historic transformation from pitching ace to the game's greatest slugger.Allan Wood has written the first complete account of Boston's last champions, mining 80 years of history and illuminating the season in which the Red Sox won an unprecedented fifth World Series title. And befitting a modern-day Red Sox fan's pessimism, Wood poses a chilling question: Was the 1918 World Series fixed?

About the Author

Allan Wood began rooting for the Red Sox in 1975 while growing up in Vermont. He has been writing professionally since age 16, and has worked as both a sportswriter and a music critic. His writing has appeared in Baseball America, New York Newsday, Rolling Stone, Sportsjones and the Burlington (Vt.) Free Press, among other publications. He lives in New York City with Laura Kaminker and their two dogs

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I sell baseball fiction and nonfiction out of my home. I have a large inventory of adult novels, mysteries, juvenile series, children's titles, pulps, comics, humor, anthologies, poetry and plays. I have other sports fiction as well, football, basketball, golf, as well as many boys juvenile sport series. In nonfiction I carry team histories, biographies, history of baseball, international baseball, faith and religion in sports, the Hall of Fame, the World Series and All-Star Games, economics and the law of sport. I also have a large collection of the Sporting News Guides, Record Books, Dope Books, etc, please ask if you are looking for a specific year. I am always looking to purchase additional inventory whether one book or an entire library.

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