Fighting Words: The Media, the Red Sox And All-Encompassing Passion for Baseball in Boston

by Jerry Beach

Citing an adversarial relationship between the Boston Red Sox and the press, a history of some of their most significant clashes, paired with a chronicle of their 2004 World Championship season, profiles Web sites and message boards by fans who are distrustful of local reporters and whose work has been embraced by such figures as Curt Schilling and owner John Henry.

232 pages, Hardcover

First published April 25, 2006