The Rivals: The New York Yankees vs. the Boston Red Sox---An Inside History
Author: The New York Times Edition: First Edition ISBN: 0312336160 Number Of Pages: 208 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Release Date: 2004-08-12 Details: A Struggle for the Ages. . . BOSTON GLOBE JANUARY 6, 1920RED 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 PLAYERSThe 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 of sports; the other, perennially star-crossed but equally rich in baseball history and legend. In The Rivals sports writers of The New York Times and The Boston Globe come together in the first-ever collaboration between the two cities' leading newspapers to tell the inside story of the teams' intertwined histories, each from the home team's perspective. Beginning with the Red Sox's early glory day