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BEFORE THEY BECAME THE 2013 WORLD CHAMPIONS, THERE WAS THE SEASON THAT BROKE THE CURSE AND STARTED IT ALL…
The players and coaching staff of the 2004 Boston Red Sox are now and forever, legends. After all, it had been eighty-six years since Boston last won a World Series, a fact anybody even remotely associated with the team as a player, executive, or fan was reminded of on a daily basis. For members of the 2004 Red Sox roster, winning that October was one of the greatest experiences in their lives. For fans, the '04 team will always be remembered as the one that finally silenced the "1918" chants.
Hundreds of articles and numerous books were written in the immediate aftermath of the thrilling '04 season, but ten years have passed and Miracle at Fenway has a fresh perspective, including the type of analysis and insight that comes with a decade of reflection. As a Red Sox fan since birth, and from having written about and worked alongside the team for his entire professional life, Saul Wisnia has cultivated relationships with people at every level of the Sox organization. From the players to the fans to the upper echelons of team management, he has their accounts of 2004 as they saw it and as they remember it today, now that the memories have had time to take root and blossom. In the winning tradition of baseball oral histories, Wisnia tells the story of 2004 as experienced by the people who lived it, in an engaging style filled with insight and excitement.
Miracle at Fenway: The Inside Story of the Boston Red Sox 2004 Championship Season, by Saul Wisnia - Amazon Sales Rank: #1208350 in Books
- Brand: Wisnia, Saul/ Roberts, Dave (FRW)
- Published on: 2015-05-05
- Released on: 2015-05-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.92" h x .84" w x 5.81" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 320 pages
Miracle at Fenway: The Inside Story of the Boston Red Sox 2004 Championship Season, by Saul Wisnia From Booklist As baseball fans know, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series in 2004, their first championship (after a legendary history of near misses and total failures) since 1918. After reading this book, fans (even many Sox fans) will know a great deal more about that team and its storybook season. Wisnia’s well-researched account is more a conventional narrative than an “oral” history; although players, fans, and team execs (Larry Lucchino and Theo Epstein) are quoted extensively, this is Wisnia’s book, not theirs. The text makes clear that, despite the Sox’ comeback from three games down in the playoffs against the Yankees, the championship was no miracle: the team was methodically assembled (there are more echoes here of Michael Lewis’ Moneyball, 2003, than of Peter Golenbock’s Bums, 1984) by a front office that had nearly as much to do with the victory as the players on the field—Ortiz, Damon, Millar, Schilling, Martinez, Varitek, and all the others who “cowboyed up” in their breakthrough year. Sox fans will vastly enjoy reliving the season, but it will be heartbreaking reading for Yankee fans (who have plenty of their own books). --Mark Levine
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“A fresh take….fascinating stuff.” ―The Boston Globe
“After reading this book, fans (even many Sox fans) will know a great deal more about that team and its storybook season....Sox fans will vastly enjoy reliving the season, but it will be heartbreaking reading for Yankee fans (who have plenty of their own books).” ―Booklist
“An entertaining book about the power and promise of sports, passionately and intimately told.” ―Publishers Weekly
“A winning story of how the right owners, players and die-hard fans can create a championship team.” ―Kirkus Reviews
“Boston Red Sox fans can never hear enough or read enough about their 2004 World Championship team. Veteran baseball author Saul Wisnia does a wonderful job of meeting that need with his new book.” ―Boston Baseball History
About the Author
SAUL WISNIA is a former sports and news correspondent for the Washington Post and feature writer for the Boston Herald. He has authored, coauthored, or contributed to numerous books on Boston baseball history, including Fenway Park: The Centennial and For the Love of the Boston Red Sox. His essays and articles have appeared in Sports Illustrated, Red Sox Magazine, and The Boston Globe. Wisnia lives 6.78 miles from MLB's oldest ballpark in his native Newton, Massachusetts, with his wife, two kids, and Wally the Cat (not the Green Monster). His Red Sox blog is Fenway Reflections.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Ten years can create a good perch on which to sit and recall the magical By Tuskie It was 10 years ago that the Boston Red Sox sat atop the baseball world, looking down at an 86-year drought (aka curse) washed away in the blink of a stolen base. That steal of second, by the heroic Dave Roberts, off the legendary Mariano Rivera in Game 4 of the 2004 American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees, set the stage for wiping out an 0-3 deficit in games, and – miracle of all miracles – winning the World Series for the first time since 1918. Ten years can create a good perch on which to sit and recall the magical, implausible details and reflect upon the greatest comeback in baseball history. Veteran author Saul Wisnia views that rally for the ages with a fresh perspective in his new book, “Miracle at Fenway: The Inside Story of the Boston Red Sox 2004 Championship Season, Foreword by Dave Roberts.” It’s a fun, 295-page ride back in time on which Wisnia takes his readers, who revisit a story that would sound more fairy tale if it were not true. Two more Red Sox World Series titles would materialize, in 2007 and 2013, but 2004 was special. That broke the curse of the Bambino, if you believe in such a thing, and made Boston baseball relevant again in the greatest sense. From a distance of 10 years, Wisnia brings to the table Red Sox players, members of upper management, fans, and others who share the tale, er, story as they experienced it in the autumn of 2004. That decade of distance is remarkable in the hands of Wisnia, a lifetime Red Sox follower who lives a mere crack-of-the-bat, 6.78 miles from Fenway Park. With insight and a crisp writing style honed from years of capturing great moments in book form, Wisnia rolls out the cast of characters who populated that ’04 team. We come face to face again with Kevin Millar of “Cowboy Up” fame. Manny was being Manny. Johnny Damon seemed to be everywhere. Derek Lowe closed out three Game 7s. Pedro Martinez was writing his ticket to Cooperstown.The captain, Jason Varitek; the pitcher with the bloody sock, Curt Schilling; the boy-man general manager; Theo Epstein (from nearby Brookline, which is closer to Fenway than even Wisnia’s native Newton); and the right manager at the right time, Terry Francona, are all there to remind us of how the miracle rose from near-ashes.Music was provided by Dropkick Murphys and their tune, “Tessie,” and by Neil Diamond and his anthem, “Sweet Caroline.”And there’s the lone survivor, a remnant from 2004 still on the roster, David Ortiz. Big Papi has three World Series rings to show for his efforts.Saul Wisnia has a terrific read on the market to show for his.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Catching the Spirit of the Red Sox By Bosco In beginning Wisnia’s “Miracle” I am figuring, okay here is the preacher and I’m one of the choir. I’m a Massachusetts native who grew up at Fenway. I’ve seen, heard and read it all - this should be nothing but déjà vu. But it wasn’t long before I was reading a deeper, fascinating account now being told ten years after its climax. What results is an original historical perspective. Yes the Sox do indeed owe their special appeal and following to its unique city and classic ballpark. But in reading the many short and long-term tales that led to 2004 we come to realize they are much more than merely a team - they have and continue to be a cultural icon with a deep and ever-growing resonant history. We see how so many people and events led to that victory - not just the players and games were major factors in the story. The owners and management, for one, emerge as heroes for the courage, common sense and sensitivity they displayed in their work. And this story has and always comes to us through the media. Wisnia’s account includes that of the media rather than writing through what we have already heard from them.If “the inside story” is an adequate second title for this book I finished it with a strong sense of the united spirit that has always been a factor for this team. My choice of title would have been about that spirit. I would have preferred Wisnia’s term for it: Ubuntu.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great book and very detailed! By Daniel On a scale of 1-5 This book deserves a 6. This book was very well written with a lot of in depth analysis. It features several interviews with players on their experience from the 2004 Red Sox season. It is by far the greatest book I have read about the Red Sox World Series championship in 2004. The book gives detail about how the Red Sox performed after the 1918 season up until 2003. It tells about how the current owners came about by buying the team and modifying Fenway and keeping it from being destroyed. It talks a lot about the major pieces to the 2004 title but also about little behind the scenes things that helped win the title. I recommend this book to anyone who is a Red Sox fan and is curious about how everything led up to 2004 and about that magical season.
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