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 Ch [...]
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 [...]
PREVIEW I interviewed Jim Rice in the family room adjacent to the Red Sox clubhouse at Fenway Park In August 2000. At the time he was in his sixth season as the team’s hitting instructor. It was about four hours before game time, but Rice was [...]
Thirty-four years ago this July there was magic in the air at Fenway Park: Morgan Magic. Red Sox third base coach Joe Morgan was named as the interim manager to replace John McNamara on July 14, 1988. And the Red Sox won under Morgan. And won [...]
When the Boston Red Sox claimed Troy O’Leary on waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers in April 1995, it was the best thing that ever happened to his baseball career. Looking back during a recent interview, Troy said, “I didn’t think so at the time [...]