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Stephen King's happy ending

Published Sunday, November 21, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

Sorry, this is not a post about massages. Wrong link. This is for everyone who saw Stephen King clutching notebooks in the stands and appearing on FOX every night during the 2004 World Series. What King wrote in those notebooks appears in the Red Sox book he co-wrote with fellow Nationalist Stewart O'Nan. Their book, Faithful: Two Diehard Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season, gets reviews in both the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald today.

Which reminds of me of a related topic...

Just how many Sox-related items will be purchased/given as holiday gifts this season? As you might expect, devoted fans already are snapping up any and all things commemorative to verify that the World Series win was not merely a dream. I bought the Time and Sports Illustrated sections just for keeping, not for reading -- and told the folks that framed front pages from the Globe and Herald would look nice on my walls. But how much of the other merchandise will be sold, especially with the holidays right around the proverbial corner? Just curious. Maybe I'll do some actual reporting and get back to you on that.