[Boston Globe — Living / Arts News](http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living:) “Like the first Red Sox title in 86 years, Dan Shaughnessy’s new book almost didn’t happen. After the 2003 season came tantalizingly close to triumph, the veteran Boston Globe sportswriter and author of the 1990 bestseller _The Curse of the Bambino’ began chronicling the 2004 season that many Sox fans believed might finally be _the year.'”