The Rivals: The Boston Red Sox Vs. the New York Yankees; An Inside History

by The Boston Globe, Bob Ryan, Harvey Araton, et al.

A Struggle for the Ages. . . BOSTON GLOBE JANUARY 6, 1920 RED SOX SELL RUTH FOR $100,000 CASH -------- Demon Slugger of American League, Who Made 29 Home Runs Last Season, Goes to New York Yankees -------- FRAZEE TO BUY NEW PLAYERS The Yankees vs. the Red Sox. Each baseball season begins and ends with unique intensity, focused on a single question: What's ahead for these two teams? One, the most glamorous, storied, and successful franchise in all...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312336160
• ISBN13: 9780312336165
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.8" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Great account

This was a christmas present to a devout red sox fan living in Australia. He says it was an excellent book.

The Pillars of Capitalism vs. the Boston Bolsheviki

Despite my title, the book is a great history of the close non-neighborly relation between the Yankees and Red Sox over the years. The famous stuff is all there, but there are also many lesser-known vignettes of people and surroundings of Grand Concourse/Jerome Avenue and Kenmore Square.