The Rivalry Continues

Once again we find ourselves at that particuliarly thrilling time of the year we call the baseball playoffs. Here in southeastern Connecticut, we get to split our loyalties between those teams in Boston and New York, who almost always seem to be playing in October. Although the library is heavy on the side of Red Sox fans, in the interest of fairness and the fact that the avid baseball fan who is the author of this blog is a long time Yankee fan, what follows is a list of good reads and watches that is "fairly" split between the two teams. The list contains items available in the Ledyard Libraries, as well as, other LION libraries. To request them, access the library catalog from our homepage.
Birth of a Dynasty: behind the pinstripes with the 1996 Yankees/Joel Sherman
The Rivals: the Boston Red Sox vs. the New York Yankees: an inside history/New York Times
The Pride of the Yankees dvd
Now I Can Die in Peace: how ESPN's sports guy found salvation with a little help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004 Red Sox/ Bill Simmons
The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty: the game, the team and the cost of greatness/ Buster Olney
Faithful: two diehard Boston Red Sox fans chronicle the historic 2004 season/ Steward O'Nan
Emperors and Idiots: the hundred year rivalry between the Yankees and Red Sox, from the very beginning/ Mike Vaccaro
*61 dvd
Idiot: beating "the curse" and enjoying the game of life/ Johnny Damon
Fever Pitch dvd
Enjoy and let the games begin! (If we get past the Indians and Angels)