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Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston

With a new introduction by celebrated baseball writer Roger Kahn and a new afterword by the author, updating John Henry's first year of ownership after nearly six decades of the Yawkey dynasty, the legacy of the late Will McDonough, and the author's return to his native Boston after a seventeen-year absence, Shut Outhas reopened the discussion of baseball, race, and Boston with a new candor.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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