Miracle at Fenway
The Inside Story of the Boston Red Sox 2004 Championship Season
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Miracle at Fenway is the definitive account of the Boston Red Sox's thrilling 2004 season, finally breaking the 86-year-old "Curse of the Bambino."
Ten years after the 2004 Boston Red Sox's historic World Series victory, Saul Wisnia's Miracle at Fenway revisits that unforgettable season with fresh insight and analysis. The players and coaching staff of the 2004 Red Sox are now legends, forever remembered by fans as the team that silenced the "1918" chants after 86 long years.
Wisnia, a lifelong Red Sox fan, brings a unique perspective cultivated from his close relationships throughout the Sox organization. From the players to the fans to upper management, Miracle at Fenway weaves together their accounts of the 2004 season as they saw it then and remember it now, with the added insight of a decade of reflection.
In the tradition of great baseball oral histories, Miracle at Fenway tells the story of this unforgettable season through the eyes of those who lived it. Engaging and insightful, this is a must-read for any Red Sox fan, or anyone who loves the game of baseball.
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Ticketless Boston Red Sox fan Kevin McCarthy snuck into Fenway Park the night before game seven of the 1967 World Series and remained unseen until the morning, only to be caught when he needed to use the bathroom. Larry Lucchino was recovering from cancer treatments at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston when a visit to Fenway Park led to a series of events culminating in his becoming president of the Red Sox. These stories are two of many that make up this unique portrait of the Red Sox and their struggles to win the World Series. Whereas the majority of sports narratives revolve around the athletes, Wisnia (Fenway Park: The Centennial) interestingly chooses to frame his narrative around a variety of perspectives; along the way, he offers fresh insights into well-known stories, such as the Nomar Garciaparra trade saga. Only about half of this book deals directly with the 2004 season, but this is to the reader's advantage since Red Sox history is fascinating, even to non-fans. This is an entertaining book about the power and promise of sports, passionately and intimately told.
