Finally! Red Sox Are The Champions After 86 Years (Paperback)

by Boston Globe (Author) "ST. LOUIS In a matter of 11 days, they turned the baseball world upside down..." (more)
Key Phrases: league championship series, Red Sox, World Series, New York (more...)

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Product Description
Finally is the 112-page paperback edition filled with stunning photographers and recaps of every key moment throughout the Red Sox's season especially detailed coverage of Boston's historic rebound from 0-3 to beat the New York Yankees in the ALCS. Hundreds of color photos.

From the Inside Flap
They did it for the old folks in Presque Isle, Manie, and White River Junction, Vt. They did it for the baby boomers in North Conway, N.H., and Groton, Mass. They did it for the kids in Central Falls, R.I., and Putnam, Conn. True. New England and a sprwaling Nation of Sox fans can finally exhale. The Red Soz are World Champs. No more Curse of the Bambino. No more taunts of "1918". The suffering souls of Bill Buckner, Grady Little, Mike Torrez, Johnny Pesky, and Denny Galehouse are released from Boston Baseball's Hall of Pain. The 2004 Red Sox are champions because they engineered the greatestcomeback in baseball history when they won four straight games against the hated Yankees in the American League Championship Series. It was baseball epic, an event for the ages putting the Sox into a World Series that was profoundly anticlimatic. En route to eight consecutive postseason wins, the Sons of Tito Francona simply destoryed a St. Louis Cardinal team that won a major league-high 105 games in 2004. Statues - to be placed near those of Samuel Adams and James Michael Curley - are already on order for Messers, Schilling, Martinez, Lowe, Foulke, Damon, Ramirez, Ortiz, Bellhorn, Varitck, Caberera, and the rest of the 2004 Red sox. The did something that had not been done in 86 years. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Triumph Books (IL) (October 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157243743X
• ISBN-13: 978-1572437432
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #822,322 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

• This item is part of The Believe It! Series.

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51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Full of errors!, December 6, 2004

By	Arthur J. Weeks "Sox Diehard" (Chelmsford, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is full of editorial errors and the Boston Globe should be embarrassed that they ever printed it. We waited 86 years for a championship. The Boston Globe could have spent a few more days to get the book out without these glaring mistakes. Here are a few that I found in less than 10 minutes.

1. Box score for game 1 of World Series is incorrect. RBI category is wrong.

2. Line score at top of page shows St. Louis scoring 4 runs in top of 9th inning. (Good thing that did not really happen)

3. Page 22: Text on left of page that describes picture is incomplete sentence.

4. Box score for game 2 of World Series is wrong. They actually printed the box score for game 3. Box score from game 2 is missing. (Game 3 box score is listed twice in the book) It's like Curt Schilling never pitched!

5. Box score for game 4 shows Arroyo giving up an earned run. Hard to give up an earned run in a game that was 3-0.

6. Box score for game 5 of ALCS shows New York against Anaheim. How bad is that? Can't even get the teams right. Pretty sure the Red Sox played in that game. (I went to it!)

I contacted the Boston Globe and the editor (James Reid Laymance) directly to inform them of the errors. It has been nearly a month now and I have not been contacted.

Do not buy this book!! As a historical keepsake these errors greatly diminish its value.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing purchase!, December 8, 2004

By	A. C. Bonsor (Romford, Essex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm not a red Sox fan but I am a baseball fan and after purchasing this book I can safely say I was truly disappointed. A respected newspaper like the Boston Globe should turn out a fine publication of it's hometown baseball team conquering the Baseball World in the most dramatic fashion but it fails badly. You can't overlook the grievous statistical errors that appear at various times within the box and line scores. I also have an issue with the choice of pictures, there are very little photos of actual hitting, pitching and fielding, mostly they are of guys celebrating. The reader is left wondering if they ever played games on the field. Not enough actual baseball action photos to detail Boston's great season. A very poor effort and had i known the book would be this disappointing I obviously would have avoided buying it.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok but dissapointing!, December 18, 2004

By	Ronbo "Red Sox fan" (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews

Waiting 27 years will whet your appetite for a world championship but thankfully, the wait is over! I purchased Finally! in great anticipation of the quality writing and photography the Boston Globe is known for but came away dissapointed. Photography is a bit grainy and unexciting, the format is in reverse chronology and the writing uninspired. I'm still glad to have this keepsake but not sure if I would recommend it to others. The one commemorative item I have seen that is worth the $$$ is the NESN dvd, Faith Rewarded. If you can only get one commemorative item, go for Faith Rewarded...