When Boston Won the World Series
From SoSH
Author: Bob Ryan
Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
Date Published: 2003
Summary: This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first World Series, in which the upstart Boston squad of the fledgling American League triumphed over the Pittsburgh Pirates of the time-honored National League. When Boston Won the World Series: A Chronicle of Boston's Remarkable Victory in the First Modern World Series of 1903 stars such legendary players as Boston's Cy Young and Bill Dinneen, and Pittsburgh's Honus Wagner and Deacon Phillippe, The book chronicles with stirring detail the events that led up to baseball's first Fall Classic: the 1901 creation of the American League, its roster "raids" against National League teams, the sea change of public interest that caused the American League to outsell the National by 500,000 tickets, and the subsequent concession of the Nationals. The resulting handshake deal established a season-ending series which would determine the best baseball team in the world.
