Titles by Bill Chuck

<strong>A love letter to Red Sox baseball from one of America&#39;s foremost scribes</strong><br /><br />Bob Ryan has scored every baseball game he&#39;s attended, at every level, since the start of the 1977 season he spent on the Red Sox beat. The tattered scorebooks he&#39;s filled are worn from age, travel, and countless summer days, but their grids and scrawled symbols tell the stories of milestones, rivalries, rare historic achievements, and more.<br /><br /><em>In Scoring Position: Boston Red Sox</em>&nbsp;captures the incomparable spirit of the game at Fenway and beyond. Ryan, alongside baseball historian and statistician Bill Chuck, brings Red Sox history to life through the prism of his scorebooks, writing with verve and passion about the most astonishing feats, improbable comebacks, and madcap anomalies he&#39;s had the privilege of witnessing.<br /><br /><strong>Featuring some of the franchise&#39;s biggest names and wildest scenarios, this is a fascinating romp through modern Red Sox history and includes reproductions of dozens of scorecards from Ryan&#39;s collection.</strong><br /><br />Featuring some of the game&#39;s biggest names and wildest scenarios, this is a fascinating romp through baseball history, exuding a pure zeal for this sport that fans of all teams will recognize in themselves.<br /><br /><strong>Part of the collection at&nbsp;the library of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, this volume also features reproductions of dozens of scorecards from Ryan&#39;s collection.</strong>

<strong>A love letter to the game of baseball from one of America&#39;s foremost scribes.</strong><br /><br />Bob Ryan has scored every baseball game he&#39;s attended, at every level, since the start of the 1977 season. It&#39;s a deeply personal tradition still going strong at more than 1,400 games and counting.<br /><br />The tattered scorebooks he&#39;s filled are worn from age, travel, and countless summer days, but their grids and scrawled symbols tell the stories of milestones, rivalries, rare historic achievements, and more.<br /><br /><em>In Scoring Position</em> captures the incomparable spirit of baseball, with its infinite possibilities and madcap anomalies. Ryan, alongside baseball historian and statistician Bill Chuck, has scoured his scorecard archives for the most singular events—a switch-hitter being hit by a pitch from both sides of the plate in the same game; a player batting for the cycle off four different pitchers; even back-to-back pinch-hit home runs with two outs in the 9th.<br /><br />Featuring some of the game&#39;s biggest names and wildest scenarios, this is a fascinating romp through baseball history, exuding a pure zeal for this sport that fans of all teams will recognize in themselves.<br /><br /><strong>Part of the collection at the library of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, this volume also features reproductions of dozens of scorecards from Ryan&#39;s collection.</strong>

A love letter to the game of baseball from one of America's foremost scribes Bob Ryan has scored every baseball game he's attended, at every level, since the start of the 1977 season. It's a deeply personal tradition still going strong at more than 1,400 games and counting. The tattered scorebooks he's filled are worn from age, travel, and countless summer days, but their grids and scrawled symbols tell the stories of milestones, rivalries, rare historic achievements, and more.In Scoring Position captures the incomparable spirit of baseball, with its infinite possibilities and madcap anomalies. Ryan, alongside baseball historian and statistician Bill Chuck, has scoured his scorecard archives for the most singular events—a switch-hitter being hit by a pitch from both sides of the plate in the same game; a player batting for the cycle off four different pitchers; even back-to-back pinch-hit home runs with two outs in the 9th. Featuring some of the game's biggest names and wildest scenarios, this is a fascinating romp through baseball history, exuding a pure zeal for this sport that fans of all teams will recognize in themselves.Part of the collection at the library of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, this volume also features reproductions of dozens of scorecards from Ryan's collection.