When Dwight Evans reported to spring training in Winter Haven, FL, for the 1975 Red Sox season he was very optimistic about the upcoming year. “I knew we had a lot of talent,” Dwight said during a recent interview in his greater Boston home. “I thought we could compete with anyone in the AL East.”
When the calendar flipped to 2023, it ushered in the 152th anniversary of Boston's first professional baseball team--the Boston Red Stockings! And this year marks the 153nd 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 [...]
“I feel like I’m coming home.” Those were the words of former Red Sox third baseman and Hall of Fame member Wade Boggs when he learned in December 2016, that the Red Sox would retire his number “26” in May 2017. At that time Wade was one of only ten players that have their numbers retired and displayed on the façade in right field in Fenway Park. Boggs went [...]
More than forty-six years later former All-Star pitcher Bill Lee still insists that the Boston Red Sox should have won the 1975 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. “We were a better team than the Reds, we outscored them [30-29], and we outplayed them,” Bill says. “In fact” he continues, “we should have won that Series in six games. Can you imagine th [...]
Carl Yastrzemski was selected to his first American League All-Star team in 1963. Almost 60 years later he still clearly remembered walking into the locker room at Cleveland’s old Municipal Stadium. “Bill Monbouquette, Frank Malzone and Dick Radatz were all selected along with me. When we got to the park, the first player I saw was Al Kaline [Detroit Tiger [...]