Sports Illustrated's 1918 Pandemic Project: Chapter Six

SI is introducing Letters From the Hub, a novel approach to covering the COVID-19 pandemic, through a look back at America's own history.

SI is introducing Letters From the Hub, a novel approach to covering the COVID-19 pandemic, through a look back at America's own history. It is the perfect story for these times, even though it is more than 100 years old. It is the true story of Edward F. Martin, a baseball writer for the Boston Globe covering Babe Ruth and the 1918 Red Sox while a world war raged and the worst pandemic ever ravaged this country, especially Boston.