Game of My Life: Memorable Stories of Boston Red Sox Baseball

Having dominated the American League for much of the first two decades of the 20th century, the Boston Red Sox fell on hard times after the infamous sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. From 1922-32, they finished higher than last-place only twice, never coming close to enjoying a winning season and losing 100-plus games an incredible five times. The Red Sox hit rock bottom in 1932, losing 111 games, finishing 64 games out of first place, and attracting only 182,000 fans to a disintegrating Fenway Park.

Young multi-millionaire Thomas A. Yawkey resurrected the franchise when he bought it in 1933. Since that time, the Boston Red Sox have become one of the most popular - and valuable - sports franchises in existence. Although pennants and championships have been rare, the disappointments never diminished the passion of their devoted fans. If anything, those heartbreaking moments only heightened the desire that was finally rewarded in 2004 with the franchise´s first World Series championship since 1918.

Recalling some of the greatest players in Red Sox history and some of their greatest games, Chaz Scoggins´s Game of My Life: Memorable Stories of Red Sox Baseball traces back nearly 70 years, almost to the very start of the seminal Yawkey Era. Beginning with Bobby Doerr, the Hall of Fame second baseman who joined the team in 1937, the book touches on players and their most memorable games from every decade, right up to those who finally experienced the exhilaration of winning that elusive World Series. Among the many players who recount the most memorable games in their Red Sox careers are Johnny Pesky, Dominic DiMaggio, Mel Parnell, Frank Malzone, Bill Monbouquette, Rico Petrocelli, Fred Lynn, Butch Hobson, Wade Boggs, and Bruce Hurst. Their recollections and stories - linking eight decades of Boston Red Sox baseball and revealing many details unknown until now - will undoubtedly awaken fond but probably long-forgotten memories of life-long Boston fans themselves.