Review: AN E-BOOK ALL RED SOX FANS WILL WANT TO OWN
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2012
John White's 101 Things You May Not Have Known About The Boston Red Sox is an essential book and reference material for anyone who follows the team. 101 fascinating and occasionally quirky entries about the Red Sox in this superb little gold mine of a book. I did not know that on 18 June 1953, the Boston Red Sox scored 17 runs in the 7th inning against the Detroit Tigers.  The Tigers had no answer to the 23 batters the Sox had on the plate despite calling upon the services of three different pitchers.  The Sox had 14 hits and 6 walks in the record-setting inning.  Gene Stephens set a MLB record with three hits in one inning, whilst Dick Gernert batted in 4 of the 17 runs.  The Sox finished with 27 hits and 23 runs and ended up breaking or tying 17 MLB records that day despite the absence of the greatest hitter in Sox history, Ted Williams, who was fighting in the Korean War at the time.  Some of the records the Sox set were most runs in one inning (17) and most hits in a game (27).  Only 3,626 fans turned up to see the run-fest.  And at only 5 bucks, this has to be the best value for money Red Sox book available.