Veteren baseball authors Bill Nowlin and Jim Prime first envisioned
Blood Feud as an unbiased even-handed survey of the historical
circumstances that have fueled the long-standing Boston Red Sox/New
York Yankees rivalry - a rivalry even more contentious now than
it was a century ago. While they remained true to the facts, lifelong
Sox fans Nowlin and Prime found it difficult not to deviate from
their goal of impartiality. When they finished, and regardless
of what it says on the back of this book, what stood before them
was a wickedly skewed, satirically barbed book delivered firmly
from the perspective of the underdog Boston Red Sox.
Drawing on historical research, original interviews with players
from both sides, and discussions with fans of each team, Blood
Feud: the Red Sox, the Yankees, and the Struggle of Good versus
Evil is mixed with humor, philosophical musings, anecdotes, and
innumerable enlightening factoids.
Though the Red Sox 2004 World Series triumph has altered the
terms of engagement, Nowlin and Prime predict that the rivalry
will only intensify as a result of a more level playing field.
Now its the Yankees who have something to prove.
Make no mistake this is war