Don't Let Us Win Tonight

Don't Let Us Win Tonight
Author: Allan Wood
Publisher: Triumph Books
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2024-05-21
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1637273959

Now revised and updated to include reflections on the modern era of Red Sox baseball Commemorating the Boston Red Sox's unforgettable championship run in the fall of 2004, go behind the scenes and inside the dugout, bullpen, and clubhouse to discover how this team defied the ultimate odds. This oral history highlights how, during a span of just 76 hours, the Red Sox won four do-or-die games against their archrivals, the New York Yankees, to qualify for the World Series and complete the greatest comeback in baseball history. Then the Red Sox steamrolled through the fall classic, sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals in four games to capture their first championship since 1918.Don't Let Us Win Tonight is brimming with revealing quotes from Boston's front office personnel, coaches, medical staff, and players, including Kevin Millar talking about his infectious optimism and the team's pregame ritual of drinking whiskey, Dave Roberts revealing how he prepared to steal the most famous base of his career, and Dr. William Morgan describing the radical surgery he performed on Curt Schilling's right ankle. The ultimate keepsake for any Red Sox fan, this is the 2004 team in their own words.

Boston Red Sox Firsts

Boston Red Sox Firsts
Author: Bill Nowlin
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2023-06-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1493075640

In the 111-year-history of the Boston Red Sox, fans have been treated to countless firsts— the first manager of the franchise (Jimmy Collins), the first American League MVP to play for the Sox (Tris Speaker), the first 20-game winner (Bill Dineen), the first to hit 500 home runs (Ted Williams), and the first Red Sox pitcher to win the Cy Young Award (Roger Clemens). The list goes on. In Boston Red Sox Firsts, veteran Red Sox historian Bill Nowlin presents the stories behind the firsts in Red Sox history in question-and-answer format. More than a mere trivia book, Nowlin’s collection includes substantive answers to the question of “who was the first…?” on a variety of topics, many of which will surprise even seasoned fans of the Sox.

The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture
Author: Randy Pausch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Cancer
ISBN: 9780340978504

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Peoria Commerce

Peoria Commerce
Author: Peoria (Ill.). Association of Commerce
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1917
Genre: Peoria (Ill.)
ISBN:

Livin' Large

Livin' Large
Author: Deborah Gregory
Publisher:
Total Pages: 576
Release: 1999
Genre: African Americans
ISBN: 9780439701006

Shop in the name of love: Chanel doesn?t want to wait until the Cheetah Girls strike it rich to earn enough to buy all the clothes she adores, so she starts charging on her mom?s credit card.