Ted Williams - 1959

On his first game back from the DL (for over a month) with a pinched shoulder Ted Williams hit a 2 run homer in the seventh inning. The season was his 20th and the Red Sox won both games against the Baltimore double header.

Look Out!

The year, 1937. Hank Greenberg has hit a ball the furthest ever in Fenway Park. The ball soared over the center field wall and landed 450 feet from his bat. Wes Ferrell was the pitcher for the Red Sox.

RedSox100.com

I urge everyone that has a Red Sox related blog to check out the new site I launched Red Sox 100. Red Sox 100 is a top list for only Red Sox sites. Each site is ranked then stats and comments are shown. After I get a good amount of members I will start adding other features like blog hosting for Sox fans, polls, email and the list goes on. I want to build the largest Red Sox Nation online community. It will be all free and there will be no need to buy a Red Sox Nation membership! :)

Extended Innings For Fourth Day

In May of 1996, the Red Sox were sure to be tired as on May 11 they played the Jays for 11 innings and won 6 to 5. The next day they played and lost 9 to 8 (11 innings), May 13th they lost once more 8-7 (13 innings) finally on the 14th they won against the Angels 4-3, a game that only took 12 innings... So in short the 14th marks the fourth extra inning game the Red Sox played in a row. This is a rare occurence especially in a non-playoff/world series game

Instigator Mickey Mcdermott

In 1953 Red Sox pitcher Mickey Mcdermott started a fight with Bob Holbrook (a reporter) in the Red Sox locker room, when Mickey punched him in the face. Ted Williams took much pleasure in witnessing this act and congratulated Mickey on a job well done.

Dom DiMaggio Says Goodbye

May 9th, 1953 marks the day Dom Dimaggio hit his last ball. After this game in which the Red Sox lost (6-4), Dimaggio retired from major league baseball.

Fire at Fenway!

The year is 1926 and Fenway Park is in trouble, it has caught fire. The grass caught on fire and spread all the way to the billboard and bleachers. Many speculate the fires were started by the Red Sox organization itself, in an attempt to collect insurance money. Reportedly there were multiple fires the previous day.

Pokey Reese Proves Himself

Its the beloved 2004 Boston Red Sox Team and Pokey Reese just scored an inside home run during the fifth inning. The next inning Pokey did it again when he hit a regular homer. This was only the 7th time this feat had been accomplished at fenway park.

Good News For Oil Can Boyd

Boyd's doctor states in 1989 that the blood clot Boyd had been suffering from has cleared up. Even with this good news Boyd could no longer perform over-handed pitches. This brought fans to doubt Boyd's ability.

Ted Williams Day

In 1952 the day is named "Ted Williams Day" for red sox fans, this day being created because Ted Williams would then have to be deployed with his fellow Marines.

Red Sox's Derek Lowe Pitches Complete Game

Its 2002 and Derek Lowe has pitched a complete game for the Boston Red Sox. This compelte game was the first Derek Lowe had ever pitched in the majors. The Red Sox win over the Devil Rays (10-0) in an impressive no hitter.

Jim Rice Delivers

Its 1989 and Jim Rice hits a homer in the third inning at Fenway Park. Dwight Evans then homered right after Rice. After this 56th time the duo would never be able to do this again.

Manny Beats Ted Williams Record

The year is 2005 and Manny Ramirez has now beaten Ted William's grandslam record. Manny's 18th grandslam proved to be a historic one. These RBIs made the Red Sox beat the Devil Rays (6-2).

The NAACP Fight The Red Sox

In 1959 the NAACP expressed interest in investigating why the only black player, Jerry Green was sent back to the minor league system. Officials in Massachusetts claimed the invesigation would be outside of their jurisdiction because the trade occured in Arizona.

Sox lose on opening day

1977 is the year and the Red Sox lose to the Indians (5-4). A game that went into the 11th inning. Yaz singled to first and then stole second base.

April Fools?

What was intially thought to be an April Fool's joke turned out to be real when the train that was transporting the red sox and reds ran out of coal on April 1st, 1940.

The Red Sox Show Their Patriotism

The US is at war in 1943 and the Red Sox wanted to show their patriotism. This being said 31 Red Sox members donated blood.

Coke Bottles Introduced To Fenway Park

A very controversial topic was brought up in 1997. Should Fenway Park utilize as much space for advertising as possible? The Red Sox thought so. A 25 foot bottle of Coke was tacked onto the outfield wall. Over the next years 2 additional coca-cola bottles would join it up there.

City of Palms Park On Table

In 1992 the Red Sox are contemplating where they would like to build their new spring training facility. The city offered to build a $15 million facility for the red sox. Why would the city do such a thing? To help rebuild a city plaguaged by drugs and prostitution.

A sad day in Red Sox Nation

Its March 12, 2003 Boston Red Sox pitching coach Tony Cloninger announced he had bladder cancer. He eventually recovered but when he was well the red sox had already replaced him with Dave Wallace.