The story of the changing face of baseball and the inner workings of its finest organization After a hundred cursed years the Boston Red Sox rose gloriously to baseball domination. Under the leadership of manager Terry Francona an extraordinary team of wildly disparate personalities--from the inscrutable Manny Ramirez to the affable David Big Papi Ortiz--pulled off two improbable post-season comebacks to make it to the World Series twice in three years . . . and ultimately emerged victorious. In Red Sox Rule Michael Holley bestselling author of Patriot Reign provides a fascinating insightful and surprising inside look at how it all happened. With the exclusive cooperation of Terry Francona and stories from the clubhouse and the conference room Holley reveals the private sessions and the dugout and front-office strategies that have made the Red Sox a budding dynasty overtaking their archrivals the powerful New York Yankees as the American League s elite team.