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  • Dr. Harvey Frommer on Sports & Culture

    Harvey Frommer is in his 34th consecutive year of writing sports books. A noted oral historian and sports journalist, the author of 40 sports books including the classics: "New York City Baseball,1947-1957" and "Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball," his acclaimed REMEMBERING YANKEE STADIUM, an oral/narrative history (Abrams, Stewart, Tabori and Chang) was published in 2008 as well as a reprint version of his classic "Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball." Frommer's newest work CELEBRATING FENWAY PARK: AN ORAL AND NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE HOME OF RED SOX NATION is next.    (More about this writer.) 

Harvey Frommer on tour for 'Remembering Yankee Stadium: An Oral & Narrative History of 'The House That Ruth Built''

Relive the history that took place in a legendary sports landmark. From the day that it opened in 1923, Yankee Stadium has been the ultimate sports icon. Renowned baseball historian Harvey Frommer has chronicled the stadium's spectacular 85-year journey with priceless photographs, a decade-by-decade narrative, and vivid reminiscences by Hall-of-Famers, fans, sports journalists and historical figures. It is a thrilling history that is a must-have for all baseball enthusiasts. Harvey Frommer is one of the country's leading authorities on baseball history

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Coming by Dr. Harvey Frommer Early 2011
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BY HARVEY  FROMMER / COMING EARLY 2011

(Early 2011)
CELEBRATING FENWAY PARK, more than 130 voices, more than 200
archival photos, almost 100 years of Fenway Park history . . .

SAMPLING:

TEENS ­ A NEW BALLPARK FOR BOSTON

It was damp and chilly throughout New England for most of the spring of 1912, and in Boston, it took a few tries before baseball at a brand new ballpark could be played in decent weather. On April 9th, the Red Sox and Harvard's baseball team met in an exhibition game in football weather and as one who was there observed, "with a little snow on the side." About 3,000 braved the elements. Boston won the game, 2-0 with both runs driven in by their pitcher, Casey Hageman.

The scheduled official Opening Day match on April 12th,however, was rained out. Finally on April 20th, the weather improved a bit, and Fenway's first major league game: the Sox versus the Yankees (then known as the Highlanders), was set to be played before a crowd of 27,000 on soggy, lumpy grounds and infield grass transplanted from the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds, the team's former home.

Boston Mayor John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald threw out the ceremonial first ball. The man, whose grandson would become the thirty-fifth president of the United States, was an ardent member of the "Royal Rooters" - a group of Red Sox fans who staged pre-game parades accompanied by the singing of "Tessie" and "Sweet Adeline."   (TO BE CONTINUED)

BY HARVEY  FROMMER / COMING FALL 2008
BY HARVEY  FROMMER / RELEASED IN 2007

Remembering Yankee Stadium - An Oral and Narrative History -
of the House that Ruth Built by Harvey Frommer 
SLIDE SHOW: audio and visual
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