Description
For 52 years, Boston was a two-team Major League city, home to both the Red Sox and the Braves. This book focuses on the two teams' period of coexistence and competition for fans. The author analyzes the Boston fan base through trends in transportation, communication, geography, population and employment. Tracing the pendulum of fan preference between the two teams over five distinct time periods, a deeper understanding emerges of why the Red Sox remained in Boston and the Braves moved to Milwaukee.
Author: Charlie Bevis
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 11/07/2017
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780786496648
ISBN10: 0786496649
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Baseball | General
- History | General
About the Author
Charlie Bevis, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, is a retired adjunct professor of English at Rivier University. He has written for Nine, The Cooperstown Symposium, The National Pastime and Base Ball, and is the author of several baseball books. He lives in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.