Feeding the Green Monster

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Feeding the Green Monster is an invaluable and unique addition to baseball writing from one of its best informed columnists.In the spring of 2000, baseball fanatic and ESPN.com columnist Rob Neyer set out to live every baseball fan's dream. He would spend the next six months attending every one of the Boston Red Sox's home games. His journal of the season that followed, Feeding the Green Monster, is a candid look at baseball as it's played today. While there are the ups (when the Red Sox led their division) and the downs (when the Red Sox eventually dropped from contention), there were countless thrilling moments and plays in between.Neyer takes the reader through these events, like the pitching contest between Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez, the powerful batting of Nomar Garciaparra, and the managerial decisions of coach Jimy Williams. But Neyer also takes readers through a guided tour of a little bit of baseball history, discussing the statistics and achievements that are of endless fascination to fans everywhere. He delves into the history of Fenway Park and the controversy over whether it's destined to be replaced by a "mallpark." He looks at some of Fenway's unique features like "Pesky's Pole" and, of course, the infamous Green Monster.Feeding the Green Monster also offers a portrait of baseball fans. From the die-hard hecklers, to the children, to the scalpers, Neyer brings a classic stadium to life along with its inhabitants. Readers everywhere will relish the chance for a guided tour to a season with one of baseball's legendary teams