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 Herb Crehan

Herb Crehan is in his 29th season as a Contributing Writer and MC of Red Sox public service presentations. Herb has written more than 150 feature articles for RED SOX MAGAZINE. He has authored three books on the Red Sox, including The Impossible Dream 1967 Red Sox: Birth of Red Sox Nation, which was released in November 2016, and contributed to five others. He speaks frequently in the Boston area on Red Sox history. He is the publisher of this website, which is dedicated to the preservation of Boston baseball history. He speaks frequently on Red Sox history at Councils On Aging and community organizations. Comments and suggestions for future articles may be submitted at his website.

REMEMBERING FRANK SULLIVAN

By |2026-01-24T08:02:20-05:00January 2nd, 2026|Categories: Frank Sullivan|

My dear friend Frank Sullivan would have been 93 years-old on January 23, 2023. And we miss his lovely wife Marilyn who passed away on January 15, 2020. It is still difficult to accept that we have lost both Frank and Marilyn but they left a wonderful legacy and much Aloha. They had an extraordinary life and it is timely to revisit all that they experienced and achieved!

CELEBRATING 155 SEASONS OF BOSTON BASEBALL!

By |2025-03-11T07:10:29-04:00March 11th, 2025|Categories: Boston Baseball History|

When the calendar flipped to 2025, it ushered in the 154th  anniversary of Boston's first professional baseball team--the Boston Red Stockings! And this year marks the 155th consecutive season of professional baseball in Boston! Those of you who are observant, and most of you are, noticed the "150th Anniversary" uniform patch worn by the Atlanta Braves when [...]

AN HISTORIC REUNION: SPRING TRAINING 1946

By |2025-03-11T07:13:47-04:00March 10th, 2025|Categories: Boston Baseball History|

  Spring training is a time of renewal for players and fans.  But spring training in Sarasota, Florida, in 1946, was more than a renewal; it was a reunion of Red Sox players who had been away for as long as three seasons while they served their country during World War II.  The 1946 Boston Red Sox spring training roster included 28 players who had spent [...]

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