Former Red Sox right fielder Trot Nixon was the ultimate “dirt-dog,” a player who gave his all to make the play on the field. If you wanted to see Trot Nixon in a clean uniform you had to be there when the gates opened for batting practice. Trot Nixon played in more than 1,000 regular and postseason games for the Red Sox during a career that spanned ten sea [...]
What do former Red Sox pitchers Dave “Boo” Ferriss, Jim Lonborg, Bill Lee, and Bruce Hurst all have in common? First, they are four of the better pitchers in the team’s history and are all members of the Red Sox Hall of Fame. Bill Lee’s ninety-four wins with the team ranks thirteenth among Red Sox career pitching leaders, trailing only Mel Parnell and Left [...]
The American League Division Series has provided some of the best memories in Red Sox postseason history. And a look-back in 2013 showed just how true it had been! This was the Red Sox seventh Division Series in the past eleven years. And the club had won four of their six ALDS appearances since 2003. Division Series wins in 2004 and 2007, were the first s [...]
Frank Sullivan won 90 games for the Red Sox from 1953 to 1960 and he is a member of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame. Frank has lived on Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands for 50 years. Sam from Gloucester: What was the toughest type of hitter you faced? Frank Sullivan: I hated hitters that allowed me to provide the power to hit a ball hard. The hated ones just t [...]
All of us have read “Casey at the Bat” and probably we have heard it recited many times. But did you know that “Casey at the Bat” is considered one of America’s most enduring poems? Its closest rival for that honor is “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” to which we respond: bah, humbug! And did you know that the town of Holliston, MA, located 20 miles west [...]