Patch Book Club: 'The Teammates'
With the recent death of Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky, you can find out more about the man by reading David Halberstam's "The Teammates."
When you go to a bookstore, you can find "The Teammates" in the sports section, but the book about four Boston Red Sox could very easily be in the relationship aisle. With the death of Johnny Pesky last week, Bobby Doerr is the last of the four great friends and teammates still alive today. Doerr and Pesky were together at Fenway Park, both in wheelchairs, as the Red Sox celebrated the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park in April. Both Ted Williams and Dom DiMaggio proceeded their life-long friends in death. But in the "The Teammates," they will be four young baseball players coming from humble roots on the West Coast to find fame on the East Coast, while wearing Boston Red Sox uniforms in the golden days of the 1930-40s. If you want to know …
Lauren Walsh
11:42 am on Sunday, October 14, 2012
Lauren, I am reading a fascinating book, ironically by a resident of Westwood, entitled Night Runner. The hero of the book, Cliff Walker, sufferrs from depresion and agoraphobia, and is treated at Westwood Lodge, where his doctor tells him he needs to get out of the house at least once a day or night. He chooses the night and begins to rn around a park across from his project apartment in South … more ›