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Celebrating 154 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 153 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

Dwight “Dewey” Evans Remembers 1975

By |2020-03-21T20:18:14-04:00December 27th, 2015|Categories: Dwight Evans|

When Dwight Evans reported to spring training in Winter Haven, FL, for the 1975 Red Sox season he was very optimistic about the upcoming year.  “I knew we had a lot of talent,” Dwight said during a recent interview in his greater Boston home.   “I thought we could compete with anyone in the AL East.” He added, “The year before we had been in first place in t [...]

REVIEW—Pudge: The Biography of Carlton Fisk

By |2020-04-09T17:10:57-04:00December 22nd, 2015|Categories: Carlton “Pudge” Fisk|

If you had asked portrait artist Norman Rockwell to paint a picture of the quintessential major league catcher, he would have drawn Carlton “Pudge” Fisk on the mound at Fenway Park, catcher’s mask atop his head, waiting patiently for the relief pitcher to arrive.  Writer Doug Wilson matches Rockwell’s skills with his words in, Pudge: The Biography of Carlton [...]

Fred Lynn Remembers 1975

By |2020-04-09T17:15:50-04:00December 21st, 2015|Categories: Fred Lynn|

Red Sox center fielder Fred Lynn had the greatest rookie season of any player in major league history in 1975.  Fred was named the American League’s Rookie-of-the-Year and Most Valuable Player, and his fielding excellence earned him a Gold Glove.  Lynn’s stellar play helped lead the lightly-regarded Red Sox to Game Seven of the World Series. But when he is a [...]

Bernie Carbo Remembers 1975

By |2020-03-21T20:40:42-04:00May 17th, 2015|Categories: Bernie Carbo|Tags: , |

Ask a casual fan of the Boston Red Sox what they remember about the sixth game of the 1975 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds and the answer is certain to be, “Pudge Fisk’s game-winning, twelfth-inning home run.”  Ask a dedicated, long-term Red Sox fan the same question and the answer is likely to be, “Bernie Carbo’s eighth-inning home run that tied th [...]

Celebrating 145 Consecutive Seasons!

By |2020-03-21T20:52:57-04:00April 6th, 2015|Categories: Opening Day|

The April 6 Red Sox season opener against the Philadelphia Phillies marks the 145th consecutive season of professional baseball in Boston! We are celebrating this milestone by changing our masthead to note this fact. Boston’s 145 consecutive seasons are the most in major league baseball—in fact the most in the world. Chicago is second with 143 consecutive se [...]

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