The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games
"Any guesses as to which game Cecilia Tan and Bill Nowlin choose as the greatest of them all in theirFifty Greatest Red Sox Games(Wiley)? Correct. And second to that magic engagement that spanned Oct. 17 and 18, 2004, is Sunday, Oct. 12, 1986, best remembered for Dave Henderson's exculpatory home run and sacrifice fly against the Angels. It saved the Red Sox from extinction in the ALCS, propelling them toward Oct. 25, 1986, the sixth greatest contest, according to the two savants, synonymous though it is with the expression 'Bill Buckner.' The games, which range from 1903 to 2004, are excellently described and reflected upon—as well as highly debatable, making the book a bible for bibulous evenings." (The Boston Globe)