Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston

ISBN-13: 9780807009796 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 320 str.

Howard Bryant

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WINNER OF SPITBALL MAGAZINES 2002 CASEY AWARD FOR BEST BASEBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR"An essential read." -John Henry, principal owner of the Boston Red SoxWith a new introduction by celebrated baseball writer Roger Kahn and a new afterword by the author, updating John Henrys first year of ownership after nearly six decades of the Yawkey dynasty, the legacy of the late Will McDonough, and the authors return to his native Boston after a seventeen-year absence, Shut Out has reopened the discussion of baseball, race, and Boston with a new candor."Sport is not always a metaphor . . . but in this instance the story of race and the Red Sox is an exceedingly accurate mirror of the story of race and Boston, and thus race and America."-Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post"One of the best baseball books I have ever read, and in fact one of the best non-fiction books I have read in years. To simply call it a baseball book is to do it a disservice, in that people interested in American history, race relations in America, and simply human nature might not read it, which would be their loss." -Lisa Winston, USA Todays Sports Weekly"Shut Out...is the first book detailing and analyzing the racial problems of the Red Sox...it is required reading for anyone who cares about the history of racial prejudice and the game of baseball."-Louis P. Masur, The NationA native of Boston, Howard Bryant is a journalist for the Boston Herald. His work has appeared in Red Sox Century, Yankees Century, and Top of the Heap: A Yankees Collection.