Hardcover. Pub Date: 2005 Pages: 544 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt The definitive story of the Red Sox a best-selling classic. Now Expanded and updated to include the incredible 2004 season and World Series win In that magic fall of 2004. the Boston Red Sox transformed themselves from an unruly band of self-proclaimed idiots into world champions for the first time in eighty-six years. Their unlikely triumph became known instantly as one of the most thrilling. nerve-racking. and ultimately inspiring sports stories ever. And it also changed the course of history for a franchise that had long been known more for its failures than for its successes. In Red Sox Century. the best of the Sox sages (USA Today Baseball Weekly) chronicle the complete history of this enduring team with authority. insight. and high style. From the team's inception in 1901 and its early peak in 19...