Shut Out A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston [Hardcover]

Shut Outis the compelling story of Boston's racial divide viewed through the lens of one of the city's greatest institutions - its baseball team, and told from the perspective of Boston native and noted sports writer Howard Bryant. This well written and poignant work contains striking interviews in which blacks who played for the Red Sox speak for the first time about their experiences in Boston, as well as groundbreaking chapter that details Jackie Robinson's ill-fated tryout with the Boston Red Sox and the humiliation that followed.Howard Bryantis a journalist covering the New York Yankees for the Bergen Record. He previously covered the Oakland A's for the San Jose Mercury Newsand was an editorial writer and technology columnist for the OaklandTribune. He grew up in Boston during the busing crisis of the 1970s and has written extensively on race and baseball. His pieces have appeared in the books ThinkingBlack, The Red Sox Century, and the forthcoming YankeeCentury. He lives in New York City.