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The Boys of October : How the 1975 Boston Red Sox Embodied Baseball's Ideals--and Restored Our Spirits
The Boys of October How the 1975 Boston Red Sox Embodied Baseball's Idealsand Restored Our Spirits Author:Doug Hornig "A replay of another sort, a psalm, really, to the '75 Red Sox . . . transcend[s] the box-score mentality of so much sportswriting . . . captures the true joy of baseball . . . very fine." --The New York Times Book Review An inspiring look at the 1975 World Series, The Boys of October takes the reader back to those 12 exhilarating... more » days in 1975, when the ragtag Boys from Beantown faced Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine." Against the backdrop of a hot summer during turbulent times, this compelling book celebrates baseball and the heroes who made it what it is.« less