Dan Shaughnessy

Shaughnessy writes a very interesting history of the Red Sox as told through the lens of the so called Curse. He looks at the sale of Ruth and then goes into how it has affected the Sox for the past almost 100 years. From the Pesky play in the '46 World Series to the famous '75, Pudge waves the ball fair, World Series, and the Buckner game to the Boone game. He covers all the heartbreak with good writing and in a storytelling fashion. If you are new to baseball and want to get caught up on the most famous player in history and his Curse then this is great information. If you are a life long baseball fan, this book is a lot of recycled stories, although interesting still.… (meer)

I found this book to be very interesting. It is a fictional story filled with many facts which make it non-fiction. As a baseball fan it tells a story that not many people know off the top of their heads. It makes one wonder if the Red Sox really were cursed for all that time. It would be a book that I would read to students when discussing things that you do with family members, specifically parents, because it tells the story of how Kate went to the season opener with her dad and the story he told her.… (meer)

Bought this on a whim, willing to read almost anything about those 2004 Red Sox. Shaughnessy has inside connections that provide him with a little more knowledge of what goes on behind the scenes and that made it an interesting viewpoint. I had read King and O'Nan's book that they were writing during the season and that was from a fan's perspective. The emotional roller coaster of being a Red Sox fan bled from that book. This one was a but more detached - the journalism professional telling it like it is with just a bit of the fanatic coming out here and there.… (meer)