When former All-Star outfielder Jimmy Piersall received the phone call in 2010 telling him he had been elected to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, it was a dream come true. “To be honest, I actually got the shivers when I heard the news. I grew up in Waterbury, CT, surrounded by Yankee fans, rooting for the Red Sox. I never thought I would be honored this wa [...]
When Orlando Cepeda agreed to a one-year contract with the Red Sox on January 18, 1973, he became the first major league player signed expressly to become a designated hitter under the new American League rule.
When the 2018 Boston Red Sox won Game Five against the Los Angeles Dodgers the club became and still remain the only MLB team to win four World Championships in the 21st Century! And they became the first team in MLB history to win four World Championships over fifteen consecutive seasons in both the 20th and 21st Centuries! Given the Red Sox commitment to s [...]
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!
The 1975 season is among the most memorable in the rich history of the Boston Red Sox. In spring training the club was predicted to finish in third place at best in the AL East. But the “Gold Dust Twins” Jim Rice and Fred Lynn, put together two of MLB’s best rookie seasons ever, veteran Carl Yastrzemski played like he had found the Fountain of Youth, and th [...]