Tony Massarotti knew that taking on the challenge of writing about the most pivotal two decades of Boston sports history would be a massive undertaking, but he was still struck by just how much the city’s teams and fans have been through.
“So much happened — championships, once-in-a-generation talents — in a relatively short amount of time,” he said. So much so, that the initial draft of his new book “This Is Our City: Four Teams, Twelve Championships, and How Boston Became the Most Dominant Sports City in the World,” was over 180,000 words long.