Bobby Doerr is the greatest second baseman in the 114-year history of the Boston Red Sox. In a 1969 poll of Red Sox fans, Doerr was named as the best second baseman joining such former stars as fellow Hall of Famers Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, and Jimmie Foxx on the Red Sox All-Time Team. When the poll was repeated in 1982 only Doerr, Williams, Yaz and [...]
Sometimes the good old days weren't nearly as good as we would like to think. But as you will read in Dick Trust's wonderful story, sometimes they were even better! There was a time not so long ago when a young baseball fan could ride in a taxi to Fenway Park with a couple of major league ballplayers. I know because I was a young fan who did so. Early in th [...]
When the Boston Braves left the field at the South End Grounds on Tuesday, August 11, 1914, the glorious opening chapter of professional baseball in Boston passed into history without notice. After a frustrating 13-inning, 0-0 tie with the Cincinnati Reds, all that mattered that day was that the Braves had fallen a half-game behind the second-place St. Louis [...]
More than 100 years ago the Boston Braves earned their place in Boston baseball history as the glorious “Miracle Braves.” Boston Braves Historical Association president Bob Brady tells their story: "As the president of the Boston Braves Historical Association, I’ve taken on the challenging assignment of keeping alive the memory of a ball club that abandoned [...]
Opening Day at Oriole Park in Camden Yards on March 31, 2014, marked the official beginning of 144 consecutive years of professional baseball in our city. Boston has had a professional baseball team longer than any other city in North America. Chicago is second with 142 consecutive years of professional baseball, and New York City is an also-ran with “only [...]