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Where Have All Our Red Sox Gone?

Name: Where Have All Our Red Sox Gone?
Author: Harvey Frommer
ISBN: 9781589792869

by Harvey Frommer

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Overview

As the Boston Red Sox finally achieved the world championship in the Fall of 2004, the many players who had toiled in frustration during the Sox's 86-year drought of World Series wins felt the surge of excitement that the BoSox finally got what was due. In Where Have All Our Red Sox Gone Harvey Frommer interviews 40 Red Sox players and managers who share their wistful memories of playing in Fenway Park and then bring the readers up-to-date on their lives off of the field. Many players, having found their home in New England, remained in the historic Boston area, and some even stayed on with the team. Frommer discovered that 94-year-old Charlie Wagner, for example, is still consulted about Red Sox prospects. And Wagner is not even the oldest living Red Sox: that honor belongs to Bill Werber, 97, who played with the team as a third baseman from 1933-36. Former pitching ace Bill Lee (1969-1978), known as "Spaceman" in his playing days, is an author and well-known speaker living in Northern Vermont. Whatever their current occupation, however, most former players take the view of former shortstop Billy Consolo whose career included stints with six different teams: "I identify myself as a Red Sox. Absolutely. That was my youth."

Synopsis

When the Red Sox finally broke the curse in the Fall of 2004 the players were not alone in their celebration, after 86 years of waiting, the former players of the Boston Red Sox, were able to share in the crowning of the new world champions. Frommer goes out to find these faded stars and forms a collection of profiles and stories ranging from the infamous Bill Buckner of the 1986 team to the oldest former Red Sox, Bill Werber, at 97 years old. Frommer finds that all the men are still somehow connected to the team, whether as a consultant, a speaker, or just in spirit.

About the Author, Harvey Frommer

Harvey Frommer is the celebrated author of 37 sports books, including the classics: New York City Baseball, Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball, Rickey and Robinson, The New York Yankee Encyclopedia, A Yankee Century, and the best selling Red Sox Vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry (with Frederic J. Frommer). Professor Emeritus of the City University of New York, and professor at Dartmouth College where he teaches oral history and sports journalism, Frommer has been cited in the "Congressional Record" and honored by the New York State Legislature as a sports historian. He is in his 31st consecutive year of writing sports books. Frommer is a resident of Lyme, New Hampshire.