{"product_id":"new-century-new-team-maurice-bouchard-9781933599588","title":"New Century, New Team: The 1901 Boston Americans","description":"The team now known as the Boston Red Sox played its first season in 1901. The city of Boston had a well-established National League team, known at the time as the Beaneaters, but the founders of the American League knew that Boston was a strong baseball market and when they launched the league as a new major league in 1901, they went head-to-head with the N.L. in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Boston. Chicago won the American League pennant and Boston finished second, just four games behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Boston Americans played in a new ballpark -- the Huntington Avenue Grounds -- literally on the other side of the railroad tracks from the Beaneaters and they out-drew the Beaneaters by more than 2-1, in part because they had enticed some of the more popular players -- player\/ manager Jimmy Collins, pitcher Cy Young, and slugger Buck Freeman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume represents the collective work of more than 25 members of SABR --the Society for American Baseball Research. It offers individual biographies of the players, team owner Charles Somers, league founder Ban Johnson, and two of the team's most noted fans: Hi Hi Dixwell and Nuf Ced McGreevy. There is also a \"biography\" of the Huntington Avenue Grounds ballpark and a study of media coverage of Boston baseball in 1901, and a timeline running from the first spring training through that year's postseason games.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maurice Bouchard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933599588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933599588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Society for American Baseball Research\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Maurice Bouchard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250527752447,"sku":"9781933599588","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_56b46722-cf1b-4b89-99a8-09cbd8afe0e1.jpg?v=1729600582","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/new-century-new-team-maurice-bouchard-9781933599588","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}