Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 155 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 155 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

About Bob Ruzzo

Bob Ruzzo is the President of the Boston Braves Historical Association. To read Bob Brady’s informative newsletters for the Boston Braves Historical Association go to www.boston-braves.com/newsletter_home.html

The Miracle Braves of 1914: Boston’s Original Worst-to-First World Series

By |2020-03-22T12:55:14-04:00April 5th, 2014|Categories: Braves|Tags: |

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 [...]

BOSTON’S BOXING BRAVES

By |2020-03-22T15:51:47-04:00January 27th, 2014|Categories: Braves|Tags: |

Fans of the Boston’s Braves and Red Sox might enjoy spending some time exploring the images housed in the “Sports Temples of Boston” portion of the Boston Public Library’s website.  Specific sections are devoted to events at the baseball “temples” of the Congress Street Grounds, South End Grounds, Huntington Avenue Grounds, Fenway Park and Braves Field.  A l [...]

REMEMBERING THOSE OTHER ’04 RED SOX

By |2020-03-22T16:00:28-04:00January 23rd, 2014|Categories: 1904 Boston Red Sox|

Different Century, Same Result. In his book Boston’s 100 Greatest Games, author Rob Sneddon ranked the Red Sox’ come-from-behind win over the Yankees on October 10, 1904, which clinched the American League pennant, No. 86. (Note: Although the Boston and New York teams weren’t called the Red Sox and Yankees until later, Sneddon used the modern names retroacti [...]

The Babe’s Braves Field Blasts By: Bob Brady

By |2020-03-22T19:20:54-04:00August 31st, 2013|Categories: Braves|Tags: |

Some might be surprised to learn that Babe Ruth hit memorable regular season home runs at the “Home of the Braves” while wearing the uniform of the New York Yankees as well as in Boston Braves togs.  Popularly referred to as the “Wigwam” during its existence, Braves Field was not unfamiliar territory to the legendary Bambino.  In his first World Series start [...]

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