When former infielder John Valentin was elected to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in the spring of 2010, it was a homecoming of sorts. “It was an unbelievable honor to be recognized that way,” John said. “And it meant so much to me because I was a part of the Red Sox organization for so long [14 years], to be included with all those great players made it [...]
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!
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Roosevelt Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers in a game against the Boston Braves at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York, becoming the first African-American Major League Baseball player in the 20th century.
I have enjoyed every interview I have conducted with a former Red Sox player. My interview of Bill Monbouquette is near to the top of my most enjoyable sessions. I interviewed “Mombo” about 25 years ago at Frank’s Steakhouse, a Cambridge institution since 1938. There is nothing pretentious about Frank’s and there was absolutely nothing pretentious about Bi [...]
When former pitching ace Dennis Eckersley looked back on the 1978 Red Sox, he focused on the team’s 99 victories and their late-season winning streak to force a one game playoff with the Yankees. “The 1978 team was a very good club, but almost everyone had written us off with two weeks to go. Then we won eight in a row at the end to give ourselves a shot. [...]