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Summary: Don't like the ending
Review: As a die-hard 1970's Cincinnati Reds fan, I can never resist any book pertaining to the 1975 World Series; even if the author is a Red Sox fan. The author recounts the '75 Series play by play from the perspective of a Red Sox fan with interwoven interviews of the members of the '75 Red Sox. The interviews add alot to the book. They give the reader insight to the thoughts of the players (and manager) as the series unfolded in spectacular fashion. After finishing the book though, I'm still not certain of the answer to the subtitle, "How the 1975 Red Sox Embodied Baseball Ideals and Restored our Spirits." Nevertheless, the '75 Series is a classic and it's re-telling is always enjoyable. I especially enjoyed the recent interviews with the Sox players. My only wish is that some pictures of the Sox players as they look now would have been included. All in all, a very fine book, and one that any baseball fan (especially a Red Sox fan) would enjoy!
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Summary: Red Sox DISTANT REPLAY
Review: I read this book AFTER THE SOX WON THE 2004 SERIES. It was much easier to read knowing that the team's history had changed. If you're a Red Sox fan you'll find this to be the SAWX version of Jerry Kramer's DISTANT REPLAY about the Packers of the sixties. Hornig's interviews with the Red Sox of '75 were interesting, if not a bit too brief. His analysis of plays and managerial moves in interesting and creates a curious atmosphere much as you'd have with your friends watching the game. Game by game, pitch by pitch at times, the running narrative of the games takes the reader back to a mystical time that had all of New England at the edges of their seats and captured the baseball world for the 14 days this series lasted. Especially good are the 'where are they now' stories about Roger Moret and Jim Burton. I would have liked a bit more of Fred Lynn and Pudge but all in all this is should be on Red Sox fans must list - after reading the frustrating accounts of: One Strike Away, Lost Summer and The Year of the Gerbil - and wondering what life would have been like had the SOX gotten over any one of the humps - The Boys of October fits right in - but believe me Red Sox Nation - these books are much easier and more enjoyable to read now that the Yankees have collapsed - and WE WON!! There are three events in my life I can vividly remember where I was, and what I was doing when they happened: 1. when Kennedy was shot, 2. when we walked on the moon and 3. when Fisk hit the 12th inning home run on October 22, 1975. This book will take you back, and wet your nostalgia appetite and enjoy your journey.
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Summary: Great book about a Great Team
Review: The 1975 World Series between the Reds and the Red Sox is righly considered one of the greatest and most memorable ever. The 1975 Red Sox enjoyed one of their best seasons ever due to the exploits of Rice, Fisk, Lynn, Yaz, Tiant et. al. This book is a fine tribute to these great Sox players, the Red Sox organization and the city of Boston. The Sox were so great in 1975 and provided us with so many great memories that it's almost possible to forget that they didn't win the Series. This is a fantastic book for any Red Sox fan, baseball fan or sports fan in general. You don't have to be a Sox fan exclusively to enjoy this book- even Yankees fans would enjoy it ! Well-written and highly recommended
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Summary: A quick read, but lacking depth
Review: The author is too passionate about the Red Sox to write an objective review of the great '75 Series. And the interviews he does manage to get from participants lack depth. I often felt, which the author admits, that he was watching the games on videotape and writing about what he saw. The title pulled me in, and i was disappointed.
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Summary: A quick read, but lacking depth
Review: This book brought back many memories of the '75 World Series. The author explained that he watched the series (attending one game) with his Uncle Oscar, and this stirred many bittersweet memories for me, of the games and the people with whom I enjoyed them. The '75 Sox were a great team and a great collection of fascinating characters. The Reds were undoubtedly the better team, but the Sox played with great heart and pushed everything to the limit. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Bittersweet Memories -- A Terrific Read
Review: This book brought back many memories of the '75 World Series. The author explained that he watched the series (attending one game) with his Uncle Oscar, and this stirred many bittersweet memories for me, of the games and the people with whom I enjoyed them. The '75 Sox were a great team and a great collection of fascinating characters. The Reds were undoubtedly the better team, but the Sox played with great heart and pushed everything to the limit. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: So-So Overview
Review: This is a competent, but not stellar overview of the 75 World Series. The problem is that it is not told from the standpoint of an objective chronicle of why this was such a great World Series, it is told from the narrow perspective of one fan, who feels the need to indulge in his narrower perspectives about things that have nothing to do with the subject I want to be reading about. I can put up with an overview from a Red Sox fan's perspective, but do I really have to read his tiresome (and for me personally offensive) digressions about Cold War politics? Or is this kind of arrogance that assumes I'm going to nod in agreement with his asinine remarks about Fidel Castro just so endemic to political liberals who write about baseball? Enough of that rant though. I really can not fathom why the author can't do something as simple as provide a little background context to this World Series. There is no mention of Boston's drive to the pennant that season in terms of how they did it, and nothing about their stunning upset of Oakland (three time defending champions) in the LCS. Instead, the author just starts with the World Series and breaks down the games so narrowly, which ordinarily would be a nice thing to do, but the absence of some background in his earlier chapters explaining how we got to this point ends up creating a pretty poor narrative overall. The author in a sense expects us to be familiar already with the 75 World Series and the season that led to us, hence his justification for dumping us in the middle of a story with not enough perspective on how we got there in the first place. Without the smarmy political asides we would still have a book that aspires to be definitive, but in the end can be no better than a supplement.
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Summary: So-So Overview
Review: This is a competent, but not stellar overview of the 75 World Series. The problem is that it is not told from the standpoint of an objective chronicle of why this was such a great World Series, it is told from the narrow perspective of one fan, who feels the need to indulge in his narrower perspectives about things that have nothing to do with the subject I want to be reading about. I can put up with an overview from a Red Sox fan's perspective, but do I really have to read his tiresome (and for me personally offensive) digressions about Cold War politics? Or is this kind of arrogance that assumes I'm going to nod in agreement with his asinine remarks about Fidel Castro just so endemic to political liberals who write about baseball? Enough of that rant though. I really can not fathom why the author can't do something as simple as provide a little background context to this World Series. There is no mention of Boston's drive to the pennant that season in terms of how they did it, and nothing about their stunning upset of Oakland (three time defending champions) in the LCS. Instead, the author just starts with the World Series and breaks down the games so narrowly, which ordinarily would be a nice thing to do, but the absence of some background in his earlier chapters explaining how we got to this point ends up creating a pretty poor narrative overall. The author in a sense expects us to be familiar already with the 75 World Series and the season that led to us, hence his justification for dumping us in the middle of a story with not enough perspective on how we got there in the first place. Without the smarmy political asides we would still have a book that aspires to be definitive, but in the end can be no better than a supplement.
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Summary: Excellent writing by Doug Hornig
Review: this is the most in depth book I have EVER read, Hornig has possibly written the best baseball book of all time. The book covers all 7 games of the 1975 world series, play by play and sometimes pitch by pitch. this book will drag you in and not let you go until u finish the last sentance. not a question unanswered. From the very first pitch of the 75 series to the final out, Doug recaps the games in exquisit detail and often goes off course to explain the techniques and abilities the players in the 75 series endured which just adds to the excitement of the book, I highly recomend this book for any Red Sox fan, and Reds fan, though the book mostly eyes in on the Red Sox, Reds fans would enjoy the book as well.
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