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Summary: One of the greatest books ever writen about the Red Sox!
Review: The Curse of the great Bambino is one of the greatst books I have ever read about the Red Sox. this 207 page book writen by Dan Shaughessy touches the hearts of millions of Rex Sox fans such as my self. All the tricks of the trade, and baseball owners ways of getting what player thay want. The horrable most heartbreaking trade of Red Sox's Babe Ruth to the Yankees comes back as one of the greatest curses ever. Seventy years of horror for Red Sox fans. All this and more can be found in this book. The Curse of the Bambino is a book that will sweep you off your feet! I Recomend this book to all Red Sox fans, and any one who loves baseball!
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Summary: Honesty at its best from a diehard Sox fan
Review: This book is great. The reader feels the pain of the writer. There is just enough sarcasm to keep you upbeat when the stories are so glum (Go Sox!)
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Summary: A must-read for any long-time Red Sox fan
Review: Chronicles the Boston Red Sox from their early glory days (5 for 5 in the World Series) through their long, painful journey to try to win another one, ever since trading Babe Ruth to the Yankees.The book is informative, witty, and therapeutic to anyone who agonized after Game 6 vs the Mets. After reading this book, any hard-core Red Sox fan will be able to say "Wait until next year" with a hint of a smile like never before.
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Summary: Curse is a misnomer
Review: The idea that the Red Sox were cursed because Harry Frazee sold the Bambino to finance a show is a misnomer at best, and a sincere lack of honesty at worst. The true reason the Red Sox failed to win a World Series title in 86 years was due to ethnic racism, pure and simple. The Red Sox had Jackie Robinson tryout in Fenway Park and commented that Robinson was a great hitter, but it was "too bad that he was colored". They also watched Willie Mays in a tryout and passed up the opportunity to sign him. They refused to have a young Henry Aaron tryout for the team when they found out he was colored. That is how the old Boston Braves were able to get Aaron to play for them and the fabled cross town rivals were not. Racism was the true curse of the Boston Red Sox. Boston has had a serious problem with racial hatred in the neighborhoods of Dorchester and Roxbury for decades and refusing to acknowledge this problem leads the naive to assume that there could be any relationship to the trade of Babe Ruth to the NY Yankees and the 86 year drought of a World Series championship. Pure, utter nonsense. Racism was their curse.
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Summary: Thank goodness
Review: Thank goodness this book is finally obsolete. It thrills me to know that this worm will no longer cash on the misery of the fans of the team he claims to root for.
Did Mr. Shaughnessy disappear in a puff of smoke when the final out the World Series was recorded?
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Summary: Lay off Dan
Review: Wow! Seems like a lot of people, judged by these reviews, really don't like Dan Shaughnessy. I've been a Red Sox fan since 1960 and talk of "The Curse" was around long before this book by Shaughnessy. He did not invent it to make a profit. Curse or not, the fate of the Yankees and Red Sox definitely changed after Frazee sold The Babe to New York, no matter what reason he had. This book is a light hearted, well written, look at the plight of the Sox in the many years after Ruth was sold. Shaughnessy was kind enough to invite me into the press box in Baltimore when I approached him to autograph my copy of his book. He spent several minutes with me discussing the chances that year of my beloved Red Sox. He seemed like a good guy with a genuine feeling for the BoSox. Give the book a chance, It's a good read.
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Summary: Please go away, Dan.
Review: This book is written by a Red Sox "fan" who seems to hate all the players on the team. His colums are racist, pessimistic and negative. It's upsetting that people from around the world think actual Red Sox fans are like this. We're not, and outpouring of happiness in this city since our Foulke flipped to Meintkiewicz proves this. Shut up, Dan. No one wants to hear your tired rhetoric.
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Summary: ugh
Review: 240 pages of scratchy toilet paper. Shaughnessy is allowed to perpetuate a myth based not in fact, but his own feeble brain. Avoid this book at all costs.
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Summary: Find another gravy train, Danny Boy
Review: One of the best things about the Sox winning the World Series is putting an end to this guy's garbage.
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Summary: Now irrelevant
Review: Shaughnessy now has to find a different schtick; the Sox have won the World Series, and now we won't have to hear about made-up curses ever again. Go Sox!
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