Red Sox vs. Braves in Boston: The Battle for Fans’ Hearts, 1901–1952

Red Sox vs. Braves in Boston: The Battle for Fans’ Hearts, 1901–1952
ISBN-10
1476629641
ISBN-13
9781476629643
Category
Sports & Recreation
Pages
250
Language
English
Published
2017-09-22
Publisher
McFarland
Author
Charlie Bevis

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.

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