The 1967 Impossible Dream Red Sox

The '67 Red Sox fulfilled a seemingly Impossible Dream, overcoming 100-to-1 odds by climbing out of ninth place to capture the pennant for the first time in 21 years. Thousands of delirious fans streamed onto the field at Fenway Park mobbing the team, dismantling the scoreboard, climbing the screen behind home plate. It truly was, in the words of Sox radio announcer Ned Martin, "pandemonium on the field."

As Peter Gammons once wrote of this great season, "It wasn't always the way it is now, and might never have been but for '67."

This book is a tribute to the members of the Impossible Dream team, including biographies of all 39 players that year as well as appreciations of this remarkable season by an all-star lineup featuring Joe Castiglione, Ken Coleman, Gordon Edes, Peter Gammons, Jim Lonborg, and many more. The book also presents over 300 rare photographs and memorabilia from this special Red Sox season.

A project of the Boston chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research, this volume gathers the collective efforts of more than 60 SABR members and friends of

the non-profit research society.

Contents:

1967 by Jim Lonborg

1967 by Tom Werner

"Saviors" by Richard A. Johnson

" '67 -- When the Dream Began" by Peter Gammons

Players:

Jerry Adair by Royse Parr

Mike Andrews by Saul Wisnia

Tony Conigliaro by Bill Nowlin

Don Demeter by Jonathan Arnold

Joe Foy by Ray Birch

Russ Gibson by Tom Harkins

Ken Harrelson by Alex Edelman

Tony Horton by Mark Kanter

Elston Howard by Cecilia M. Tan

Dalton Jones by Maurice Bouchard

Jim Landis by Mike Richard

Rico Petrocelli by R.R. Marshall

Ken Poulsen by Charlie Bevis

Mike Ryan by Dave Williams

George Scott by Ron Anderson

Norm Siebern by Doug Skipper

Reggie Smith by Jeff Angus

Jose Tartabull by Joanne Hulbert

George Thomas by Ray Birch

Bob Tillman by Barb Mantegani

Carl Yastrzemski by Herb Crehan & Bill Nowlin

Yaz and the Triple Crown by Bill Nowlin

Can Stephen Jay Gould's theory explain why there were no batting Triple Crowns for 45 years? by Andy Andres

Pitchers

Gary Bell by Cecilia M. Tan

Dennis Bennett by Mark Armour

Darrell Brandon by David Laurila

Ken Brett by Jon Daly

Galen Cisco by Les Masterson

Hank Fischer by Mike Richard

Bill Landis by Bill Nowlin

Jim Lonborg by Saul Wisnia

Sparky Lyle by Diane Wells-MacLennan

Don McMahon by John Vorperian

Dave Morehead by Andrew Blume

Dan Osinski by Ron Anderson

Billy Rohr by Alex Edelman

Jos Santiago by Edwin Fernandez Cruz and Bill Nowlin

Lee Stange by Les Masterson

Jerry Stephenson by Bill Nowlin

Gary Waslewski by John Cizik

John Wyatt by Andrew Blume

Manager/Coaches:

With A Little Help from the Coaches by Ken Coleman and Dan Valenti

Dick Williams by Eric Aron

Bobby Doerr by Bill Nowlin

Al Lakeman by Bob Brady

Sal Maglie by Judith Testa

Eddie Popowski by Wayne McElreavy

Frank Malzone by Bill Nowlin

Games:

April 12, Bob LeMoine

April 14, Gregory Wolf

July 23, Mark Sternman

August 18, Alan Cohen

August 27, Mike Richard

September 30, Rick Bush

October 1 MIN v. BOS, Bill Nowlin

October 1 CAL v. DET, Mark Armour

Owner Tom Yawkey by Mark Armour

GM Dick O'Connell by Kerry Keene

Broadcasters