Bill Nowlin, Author and BLOHARD, Speaks Truth to Power:
"Blood Feud" Revelation: Sox Good, Yanks Evil

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"A baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees is more than a mere sporting match: it is a battle of elemental forces; a contest of good against evil, with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance. In the scholarly eyes of Jim Prime and Bill Nowlin, the noble Red Sox represent everything that is virtuous and pure about baseball; the Yankees embody all that is sordid and corrupt."
From the publisher's promotional materials.

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That sounds about right. By all appearances, long-time BLOHARD Bill Nowlin (author of a voluminous body of work on Fenway, Johnny Pesky, Ted Williams and the Sox generally) has, along with his frequent collaborator Jim Prime, done it again with his latest book, "Blood Feud". According to the publisher, Nowlin and 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 every bit as contentious now as it was nearly a century ago. While they remain true to the facts, lifelong Sox fans Prime and Nowlin quickly distanced themselves from their goals of impartiality, resulting in a wickedly skewed, satirically barbed book delivered firmly from the perspective of the underdog Boston Red Sox."

"Blood Feud revels in the differences separating the Red Sox and the Yankees, including divergences in culture, geography, attitude, and personal grooming. Yet the authors also grudgingly recognize the parallels and commonalities between the two ball clubs, who over the years have shared a surprising number of star players and coaches. From the Curse of the Bambino to the Zen of Zimmer, Blood Feud dissects the pivotal personnel trades and exchanges that continue to add gasoline to the fire. "

Drawing on historical research, original interviews with players from both sides, and discussions with partisans of each team among the fans, Blood Feud is leavened with humor, philosophical musings, anecdotes, and innumerable enlightening factoids. Though the 2004 World Series victory of the Red Sox has altered the terms of engagement, Prime and Nowlin admit that the rivalry should only be intensified as a result of a more level playing field."

We're hopefully going work out some kind of a deal where you can buy the book through us and have a buck or two of your purchase price go to charity. We're also hoping to sell it on the same basis at our May confab and have Bill himself available to autograph your copies. In the meantime, if you just have to have it, I suppose you can go here.

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